The bastard brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb /

KEAN Sam

The bastard brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb / Sam Kean. - New York: Little Brown, 2019. - xii, 447 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-433) and index.

Traces the story of a renegade group of soldiers, scientists, and spies who were sent into Axis territory to spy on and sabotage Germany's nuclear weapons research and prevent Hitler from obtaining a nuclear bomb.

9780316381680 (hbk.): 30.00USD


UNITED STATES. WAR DEPARTMENT. ALSOS MISSION.
WORLD WAR (1939-1945)
ATOMIC BOMB.
NUCLEAR PHYSICS -- RESEARCH.