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    Britain and the atomic bomb: MAUD to Nagasaki.

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    Publication date
    2010-06-14T14:20:14Z
    Author
    Gorman, Claire L.
    Supervisor
    Batonyi, Gabor
    Price, Munro
    Keyword
    Great Britain
    Churchill, Winston Spencer, 1874-1965
    Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945
    Chadwick, James, Sir
    Fuchs, Klaus
    Intelligence Service
    Quebec
    Los Alamos
    Trinity
    Nuclear fission
    MAUD Report
    United States atomic programme
    Nuclear weapons
    Atomic bomb
    Nuclear spies
    Diplomacy
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    Institution
    University of Bradford
    Department
    Department of Languages and European Studies, School of Social and International Studies.
    Awarded
    2009
    
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    Abstract
    There is a brief introduction explaining the themes in the literature available to date and how this thesis aims to add to available material. In chapter one I give an account of early British research into nuclear science, including collaboration between British universities and the effect the MAUD Report had on accelerating the United States atomic programme. I introduce the main British scientists here . In chapter two I focus on diplomacy between Britain and the United States in the period up to the Quebec Agreement. The two countries had their own atomic programmes at this stage and I discuss the lead up to the amalgamation of both programmes in August 1943. Chapter three examines the British raids on German heavy water facilities and the efforts to stop Germany acquiring the means to make an atomic bomb before the Allies. Co-operation between the British and U.S teams at Los Alamos is discussed, along with the crucial role played by Britain in assisting the American scientists. The British nuclear spies are featured in chapter four, focusing on Alan Nunn May and Klaus Fuchs. Their actions are discussed along with their arrests and trials. Effects of their cases on British atomic diplomacy with the Americans are highlighted. The final section sums up the legacies of Britain¿s nuclear programme and its effect on British Cold War politics with America and the U.S.S.R. The fusion, or hydrogen, bomb is mentioned briefly and an overall assessment of the achievements of the British scientists is included.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4332
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    Thesis
    Qualification name
    MPhil
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