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2018
January 2018
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A remarkable set of speech drafts from August 6-9th, 1945, shows an evolution in Truman's thinking about the bomb — from an unambiguous good, to a horror that needed to justified.
2015
May 2015
29
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Historians sometimes need a reminder that places and people, not just documents, make up the past.
January 2015
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 9Oppenheimer photo courtesy of the of the Emilio Segrè Visual Archive; photo of the hearing transcript by Alex Wellerstein.
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In October 2014, the lost Oppenheimer security hearing transcripts were released. This is the story behind the story.
2014
September 2014
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When the head of the Manhattan Project had questions about the history of the atomic bomb, he had a special, secret place to look for answers.
2013
December 2013
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Why did three major DOE historical databases go offline in late 2013?
2012
January 2012
25
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Differently-redacted documents from the infamous spy's FBI file, with discussions on why the FBI and MI5 weren't keen to share information.
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New nuclear tidbits from eight just-declassified secret transcripts of the Congressional committee charged with atomic oversight issues.
2011
December 2011
26
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Describing my archival techniques, plus a document about the H-bomb's development.
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Excerpts from previously-undigitized secret hearings of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.
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The attempt by staffers on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy to run-around the AEC while pushing for a second nuclear weapons lab.
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Edward Teller's (self-serving) version of the history of the hydrogen bomb, from 1953.
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I discuss my archival techniques, plus showcase a curious memo about whether Ted Hall was a "second Fuchs" at Los Alamos.
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Exactly how secret was the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy? I try to put some numbers on it.
November 2011
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An attempt at a comprehensive list of online primary source resources for nuclear history.
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