Argues that the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan was unnecessary because the Japanese were close to surrendering.
A look at the nuclear weapons industry that grew up in America after Trinity.
A solid account, with lots of effective photographs.
A collection of essays and articles commenting on such topics as the movie "Dr. Strangelove," John Hersey's book Hiroshima and the Enola Gay controversy at the Smithsonian Institution.
Includes David Ray's poem "For Harry S Truman in Hell."
Contains a section by David Hawkins dealing with Los Alamos and the Trinity Test. Also includes the government document known as the Smyth Report.
A collection of articles and book excerpts, including the account of Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr., of the bombing of Hiroshima.
Includes photos from scrapbooks of residents of the Los Alamos, Oak Ridge and Hanford Projects. Also a long chapter (with photos) on Trinity.
A detailed examination of the life and work of the "Father of the A-Bomb." Includes numerous photos of "Oppie."
The Army general in charge of the Manhattan Project gives his personal account of the endeavor, including his witnessing of the Trinity test.
Lots of "insider" stuff on nuclear and thermonuclear weapons. Many photos of bomb tests, plus insightful explanations of the workings of complex weapons systems.
Argues that the Allies were correct to use the atomic bomb. A "miracle of deliverance" was the phrase Winston Churchill used to refer to the new weapon.
A rather technical report released by the government, with graphs showing characteristics of the shock wave from an atomic explosion, percentage of survivors as a function of radiation dosages, etc.
Lots of detail on metallurgy, lens molds, detonators, explosive charges, and the mysteries of implosion.
An account of daily life at Los Alamos during the war -- replacing the linoleum, taking the children for horseback rides, and presenting the Hallelujah Chorus at Christmas.
The Army's official history. Heavy on organizational and administrative aspects.
A murder mystery set in Los Alamos, with scenes at the Trinity Site.
A book focusing on the Trinity site and test, and the people involved.
The story of Theodore B. Taylor, a post-Trinity bomb designer who created the Davy Crockett, an atomic bomb about two feet long.
A novel about two men born in Los Alamos in 1944, the sons of Manhattan Project scientists.
Analyzes American commercial motion pictures dealing with atomic weapons and nuclear disaster. Films discussed at some length include "Fat Man and Little Boy," "Desert Bloom," "On the Beach," "Them," "Until the End of the World" and "Broken Arrow."
An 886-page, Pulitzer Prize-winning volume beginning with Leo Szilard's idea for a nuclear chain reaction in 1933 and ending with the nuclear stalemate of the Cold War in 1957.
Describes the life and thinking of present-day weapons designers at the Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories.
A memoir by the son of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Emilio Segre. Describes growing up in Los Alamos.
A history of the bomb project, based on columns from the Los Alamos National Laboratory "Newsbulletin."
A novel set in Los Alamos and at the Trinity Site.
Mostly a technical account of the chemistry and physics of atomic weapons development. Includes an appendix: "War Department Release on New Mexico Test, July 16, 1945."
Focuses on the security investigation and trial of Oppenheimer several years after the Trinity test.
A book-length treatment of the Trinity test, the events leading up to it, and its aftermath. Very informative.
Argues that scientists did not anticipate the deadly effects of nuclear radiation before the bombing of Hiroshima. Devotes a chapter to the Trinity test.