German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power, 1939-49

This a paperback edition of Professor Walker's full-scale examination of the German efforts to harness the economic, military and political power of nuclear fission between 1939 and 1949. The book explains clearly, in terms that the non-specialist can understand, what was involved in the Germans' quest, and in what ways the German scientists succeeded or failed in the development of 'the bomb'.Mark Walker is the author of 'German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power, 1939-49', published 1990 under ISBN 9780521364133 and ISBN 0521364132.