The Hydrogen Bomb, Lewis L. Strauss and the Writing of Nuclear History

K. Young

DOI:10.1080/01402390.2012.726924

Corpus ID: 154257639

The Hydrogen Bomb, Lewis L. Strauss and the Writing of Nuclear History

@article{Young2013TheHB,
  title={The Hydrogen Bomb, Lewis L. Strauss and the Writing of Nuclear History},
  author={K. Young},
  journal={Journal of Strategic Studies},
  year={2013},
  volume={36},
  pages={815 - 840}
}

K. Young

Published 2013

Political Science

Journal of Strategic Studies

Abstract In January 1950 President Harry S. Truman announced that the United States would proceed with further work to determine the feasibility of a ‘Super’, or hydrogen, bomb. The events leading up to that decision – counter-pressures and advocacy from a number of quarters, including the divided Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the nuclear scientists, Congress and the Pentagon – is well known. Less attention has been given to how the story of the Super came to be told in official and popular… CONTINUE READING

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