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In a groundbreaking book that recasts the history of the Cold War, bestselling author Priscilla J. McMillan exposes, for the first time, the truth behind J. Robert Oppenheimers 1954 trial on charges of violating national security. Drawing on newly declassified papers and extensive interviews, McMillan places Oppenheimers opposition to development of the hydrogen bomb at the heart of the storyopposition that made him the victim of government officials who, conspiring with rival scientist Edward Teller, deceived President Eisenhower and trapped the enigmatic genius who had done more than anyone to build the atomic bomb. A chilling expos of the McCarthy-era conspiracy that helped propel the East-West arms race, this is a spellbinding work of history.McMillan, Priscilla is the author of 'Ruin of J. Robert Oppenheimer And the Birth of the Modern Arms Race', published 2006 under ISBN 9780142001158 and ISBN 0142001155.
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