Spying Without Spies Origins of America's Secret Nuclear Surveillance System

Name: Spying Without Spies Origins of America's Secret Nuclear Surveillance System
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ISBN: 9780275950491

ISBN-10: 0275950492

ISBN-13: 9780275950491

Edition: 1995

Authors: David Jacobson, Charles A. Ziegler

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This book provides the first documented description of the genesis and institutionalization of America's nuclear surveillance system. It traces the development of covert technical methods for assessing the nuclear capability of foreign powers from the introduction of these techniques in World War II to 1949, when they were successfully employed to detect the test of Russia's first atomic bomb. Ziegler and Jacobson examine the planning for the system as well as the technical and organizational obstacles that had to be overcome before it could be implemented. They describe the government decision-making processes and the ways individuals and groups with different beliefs and interests were…

Book details

List price: $114.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 1/24/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.21" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 1.188



Introduction


World War II Origins of Radiological Surveillance Postwar Hindrances to Rapid Development Technical Progress: 1945-1946


The Organizational Dust Settles Birth of the Monitoring Organization Technical Progress: 1946-1947


Sandstone and Fitzwilliam Pressures to Become Operational Vested Interests and Committee Politics Building Alliances and the Interim Net The Detection of Joe-1 and Beyond


Bibliography


Index