THE RUIN OF J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER: AND THE BIRTH OF THE MODERN ARMS RACE
Book ID/图书代码： 11720005B06080
English Summary/英文概要： On April 12, 1954, the nation was astonished to learn that scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer faced charges of violating national security. Why had the charismatic leader of the Manhattan Project— the man who led the team that developed the atomic bomb that ended World War II—been cast into overnight disgrace? In this riveting narrative, bestselling author Priscilla J. McMillan draws on newly declassified U.S. government documents and materials from Russia, as well as in-depth interviews, to present the truth about the downfall of America’s most famous scientist.
McMillan re-creates the fraught years from 1949 to 1955 when Oppenheimer and a group of liberal scientists tried to head off the cabal of hard-line air force officials, anti-Communist politicians, and rival scientists—including Edward Teller—who were trying to seize control of U.S. policy and build ever more deadly nuclear weapons. The conspiracy to discredit Oppenheimer, occurring at the height of the McCarthy era and sanctioned by a misinformed President Eisenhower, was a watershed in the cold war, poisoning American politics for decades and creating dangers that haunt us today.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一场政府阴谋毁了美国首席核武器专家前途，也拉开了冷战的新时代
1954年4月12日，奧本海默核物理学家被指控泄露国家安全机密罪，整个美国都震惊了。为什么这样一位曼哈顿计划的奠基人，这位带头开发出结束了二战的原子单的专家，会在一夜之间身败名裂？畅销作家Priscilla挖出了一大堆最新公布的美政府机密文件，以及很多独家采访录，揭示了这位美国顶级科学家堕落的真相。
1949年到1955年是动荡不安的六年，在此期间，奧本海默和其他一群自由派科学家极力要阻止强硬派空军长官们、反共政治家、敌对科学家们不让他们左右美国政府的策略，以及建造更具杀伤力的核武器。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Priscilla Johnson McMillan is an associate of the Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard and the author of the bestselling Marina and Lee. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, and Scientific American, among other places.
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