عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
TP290.R39 B39 2018eb
TP290
.
R39
B39
2018eb
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0813175305
(Number (ISBN
9780813175300
Erroneous ISBN
0813175283
Erroneous ISBN
9780813175287
Erroneous ISBN
9780813175317
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The secret history of RDX :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
the super-explosive that helped win World War II /
First Statement of Responsibility
Colin F. Baxter.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Lexington, Kentucky :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
University Press of Kentucky,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
[2018]
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Lord Beaverbrook, RDX, and the Ministry of Supply -- The vexed question of RDX supply -- Torpex and the air war -- RDX and the Army Ordnance Department -- RDX and the Army air forces -- The battle for RDX production -- Canada and RDX -- The Wexler Bend Pilot Plant -- The great Holston Ordnance Works -- Torpex and the Battle of the Atlantic -- 1945 and the atomic bomb -- The aftermath.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
During the 1930s, British scientists perfected a sugar-white explosive called RDX. Twice as deadly as TNT, RDX was also ten times more expensive. In 'The Secret History of RDX', historian Colin F. Baxter tells the story of the people who developed, produced, and used RDX in the top-secret, $100 million factory near Kingsport, Tennessee, called the Holston Ordinance Works. Drawing from archival records and numerous interviews with individuals who worked at the 'powder plant' from 1942 to 1945, he explores not only the explosive's military significance but also its impact on the lives of ordinary Americans involved in the war industry.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
JSTOR
Stock Number
22573/ctt2113zwq
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Secret history of RDX.
International Standard Book Number
9780813175287
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Explosives, Military-- History-- 20th century.
RDX (Cyclonite)
World War, 1939-1945-- Equipment and supplies.
Armed Forces-- Weapons systems.
Equipment and supplies.
Explosives, Military.
HISTORY-- Military-- Weapons.
RDX (Cyclonite)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING-- Chemical & Biochemical.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Armed Forces, Weapons systems, History, 20th century.
United States.
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(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
HIS027080
HIS027100
HIS027110
HIS027130
TEC-- 009010
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
662/
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27
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
TP290
.
R39
Book number
B39
2018eb
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Baxter, Colin F.,1942-
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20200822133316.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
pn
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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