CONTENTS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHRONOLOGY

1

THE PRE-ATOMIC AGE

2

DEVELOPING THE BOMB, 1939–1945

3

LITTLE BOY AND FAT MAN

4

DELIVERING THE BOMB

5

HIROSHIMA

6

NAGASAKI

7

REACTION AND RESPONSE

8

OPERATION CROSSROADS: THE BIKINI TESTS

9

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION AND DETERRENCE

10

LEGACIES OF THE BOMB

NOTES AND SOURCES

BIBLIOGRAPHY