The bastard brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb
Kean, Sam2020
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Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely in history have scientific secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the midst of planning the Manhattan Project, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services created a secret offshoot - the Alsos Mission - meant to gather intelligence on and sabotage if necessary, scientific research by the Axis powers. What resulted was a plot worthy of the finest thriller, full of spies, sabotage and murder. At its heart was the 'Lightning A' team, a group of intrepid soldiers, scientists, and spies - and even a famed baseball player - who were given almost free rein to get themselves embedded within the German scientific community to stop the most terrifying threat of the war: Hitler acquiring an atomic bomb of his very own.
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cadishead Library | Adult Non Fiction | 355.825119 KEAPaperback | Available |
Main title:
Author:
Kean, Sam, author
Imprint:
London : Hodder, 2020.
Collation:
xii, 452 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2019.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781529374889 (pbk)
Dewey class:
355.825119094309044355.825119
Language:
English
Subject:
United States. War Department. Alsos Mission -- HistoryAtomic bomb -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- ScienceNuclear physics -- Research -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryEspionage, American -- Germany -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence
BRN:
2944115