Narrative version of the US Army official history. In some places it reads like something out of a science fiction novel - as when the US government runs out of copper, no problem, we will build the Plutionium processing plant out of 15,000 tons of solid silver.
Jaw dropping. . . . .. .
Only 3 or 4 chapters are about the actual bomb itself. Most of the book is about managing the work force, building towns and roads, power plants, vast construction sites, and all the related of activities of what was, at that time, the largest industrial project of the 20th century.
It's essentially a book about project management. It's got everything from racial tensions in the allocation of project housing, to the negotiations for contract for building that plant out of solid silver.
A must read book. . . .
Jaw dropping. . . . .. .
Only 3 or 4 chapters are about the actual bomb itself. Most of the book is about managing the work force, building towns and roads, power plants, vast construction sites, and all the related of activities of what was, at that time, the largest industrial project of the 20th century.
It's essentially a book about project management. It's got everything from racial tensions in the allocation of project housing, to the negotiations for contract for building that plant out of solid silver.
A must read book. . . .
