In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Transcript of hearing before personnel security board and texts of principal documents and letters
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (946 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0262710021 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 1084 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Gene Bailard said Five Stars. Excellent product delivered on time.. "republican values , communisms best friends!" according to Alan. This book is so difficult to discuss.lets put Oppenheimer on trial,but lets not call it a trial.lets bring up the q-clearance,top secret records,about Pentagon,air force,military battle plans against the soviet union if we have to go to war.lets talk about bombing women and children ,innocent civilians,so the sovie
For the first time, the transcript has been provided with an index.. In the title role, Oppenheimer reveals himself as a man of Hamletlike complexity, by turns humble and arrogant, naïve and knowing, candid and reserved, witty and deadly serious. The document develops all these themes—it is a compelling human portrait, an eyewitness history of some of the most important events of the century, and a flashback to one of the points of origin of our present concerns with the arms race and government decision making, conscientious dissent and national loyalty. This publication brings back into print the complete testimony, as released by the AEC in 1954, of the hearing called to determine if Oppenheimer was a "security risk." But the importance of the document goes far beyond the considered question of whether to terminate his security clearance: The testimony spans Oppenheimer's personal life from the 1920s to the 1950s, reflects the broader political and scientific stirrings of this period, and raises issues that remain central today. It is addressed to a nation loudly debating ABM and MIRV deployment, leftist politics, military-industrial-governmental power, the question of loyalty, the limits of