the atomic bomb, from the Manhattan Project to the Cold War /
James P. Delgado
New York :
Osprey Pub.,
2009
216 p. :
ill. (some col.), col. maps ;
25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Chronology -- The pre-atomic age -- Developing the bomb, 1939-1945 -- Little Boy and Fat Man -- Delivering the bomb -- Hiroshima -- Nagasaki -- Reaction and response -- Operation Crossroads: The Bikini tests -- Nuclear proliferation and deterrence -- Legacies of the bomb