German National Socialism and the Quest for Nuclear Power, 1939–49

by Mark Walker

This a paperback edition of Professor Walker's full-scale examination of the German efforts to harness the economic, military and political power of nuclear fission between 1939 and 1949. The book explains clearly, in terms that the non-specialist can understand, what was involved in the Germans' quest, and in what ways the German scientists succeeded or failed in the development of 'the bomb'.

Genres: History

304 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1989

Reviews

[Mo · Rating 4 out of 5]

The definitive book on the nuclear physics project in National Socialist Germany. Walker debunks the myths ("Lesart") spread after the war by the scientists who worked on the project: that they were concerned only with building a reactor and deliberately avoided or misdirected research that might lead to an atomic bomb. Well-researched and insightful.