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ISBN-13: | 9781610396547 |
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Publisher: | PublicAffairs |
Publication date: | 08/09/2016 |
Pages: | 432 |
Sales rank: | 662,700 |
Product dimensions: | 6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.50(d) |
About the Author
She has published widely on Africa, decolonization, and the global power shifts of the twentieth century, receiving widespread acclaim for Colour Bar (Penguin), her book on the founding president of Botswana. Other recent books include The People's King (Penguin) and Ladies of Influence (Penguin), as well as edited volumes including The Iconography of Independence: Freedoms at Midnight.
Susan Williams lives in London.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations and Codewords ix
Cast of Characters xiii
Maps xx
Letter from Albert Einstein to President Roosevelt, 2 August 1939 xxiii
1 Introduction: The Manhattan Project and Shinkolobwe 1
2 Teton 13
3 Crisp 29
4 Crumb 41
5 Chief of Station, Congo 55
6 'Attention! Bloc Radioactif!' 69
7 Angella 83
8 'Born Secret' 93
9 The Mission 105
10 The British Opposites 115
11 Flare 125
12 The Cutout 135
13 Locust 147
14 'Hotbed of Spies' 159
15 Framed 169
16 Collaborating with the Nazis 181
17 A Dead Shot 191
18 Stehli the Detective 201
19 'One Minute to Midnight' 213
20 Hiroshima 225
21 Atomic Spies 237
22 Conclusion: The Missing Link 253
Appendix 269
List of Illustrations 271
Notes and Sources 277
Archive Repositories 311
Bibliography 313
Filmography 329
Acknowledge merits 331
Index 341