Naval War College Review
Abstract
Today, when a major weapons system commonly takes decades or more to de- velop, it is hard to imagine that the greatest weapon system of them all, the Manhattan Project, took just three years from start to detonation over Ja- pan. Those three years were the stuff of high technical and engineering drama: vast new industrial facilities were con- structed in secret across the United States, two billion dollars were spent without congressional oversight, new scientific laboratories were secluded in the high desert, and a unique U.S.
Recommended Citation
Mahncke, Frank C.
(2003)
"Racing for the Bomb: General Leslie Groves, the Manhattan Project’sIndispensable Man,"
Naval War College Review: Vol. 56:
No.
1, Article 23.
Available at:
https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol56/iss1/23
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