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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Prologue
February 1955: Churchill, his nuclear scientists and the Bomb
1. Towards The Nuclear Age
1894–1925: Wells and his liberating ‘atomic bombs’
1924–1932: Churchill glimpses a nuclear future
1932: Rutherford: nuclear sceptic
March 1933 To December 1934: The Prof advises ‘a scientist who missed his vocation’
September 1933 To February 1935: Szilárd’s nuclear epiphany
February 1934 To October 1938: Churchill fears war – and that nuclear energy will soon be harnessed
November 1938 To September 1939: Bohr thinks the Bomb is ‘inconceivable’
2. World War II
August To December 1939: Churchill – nuclear weapons will not be ready for the war
September 1939 To February 1940: Chadwick doubts that the Bomb is viable
October 1939 To July 1940: FDR receives a nuclear warning
March To June 1940: Frisch and Peierls discover how to make the Bomb
May and June 1940: Churchill has more pressing problems
June To September 1940: Thomson and his MAUD committee debate policy on the Bomb
August 1940 To August 1941: In his finest hour, Churchill begs America for help
July and August 1941: Chadwick believes Britain should build its own Bomb
August To October 1941: Lindemann backs a British Bomb
August 1941 To January 1942: Oliphant bustles in America
November 1941 To July 1942: Churchill talks about the Bomb with FDR
January 1942 To January 1943: Akers attempts a merger
October 1942 To July 1943: Bush aims for an American monopoly
January To September 1943: Churchill’s nuclear deal with FDR
September 1943 To May 1944: Bohr takes a political initiative
April To September 1944: The Bulldog meets the Great Dane
February 1944 To July 1945: Chadwick witnesses the first nuclear explosion
1 July To 5 August 1945: Churchill says yes to dropping the Bomb
3. Churchill As Leader of the Opposition
August 1945 To January 1949: Blackett: nuclear heretic
August 1945 To August 1949: Churchill the Cold Warrior
February and March 1950: Peierls and ‘the spy of the century’
February 1950 To Spring 1951: Churchill softens his line on the Bomb
August 1945 To October 1951: Penney delivers the British Bomb
4. Churchill’s Second Premiership
October 1951 To December 1952: Churchill – Britain’s first nuclear Premier
1953: Hinton engineers nuclear power
March 1953 To February 1954: Churchill the nuclear missionary
March To December 1954: Cockcroft becomes a confidant of the Prime Minister
April 1954 To April 1955: Churchill’s nuclear swansong
Epilogues
1954 Onwards: 1: Churchill’s nuclear scientists
6 April 1955 Onwards: 2: Churchill and his Prof
Acknowledgements
References
Notes
Index
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