Download or read book Building the Bombs written by Charles R. Loeber and published by United States Government Printing. This book was released on 2002-07-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the Nuclear Weapons Complex (NWC), a nationwide group of gov't.-owned and contractor-operated labs. and production plants. The NWC evolved to meet our nat. security requirements, which were driven by WW2 and the Cold War, and also shaped by the need to incorp. new technol. into the nuclear weapons (NW) stockpile and to maintain this stockpile after the Cold War was over. This book explains the basic principles on which NW operate, along with the major technol. changes that were incorp. to improve the performance, safety, and security of U.S. NW. Contains info. on other topics: Nazi Germany's atomic bomb program, espionage during the Manhattan project, NW accidents, and worldwide nuclear tests. Glossary. Color and B&W photos.