In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer
In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer
- ISBN 13:
9780801486616
- ISBN 10:
0801486610
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/13/2001
- Publisher: Cornell Univ Pr
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Summary
In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer contains an edited and annotated transcript of the 1954 hearing, as well as the various reports resulting from it. Drawing on recently declassified FBI files, Richard Polenberg's introductory and concluding essays situate the hearing in the Cold War period, and his thoughtful analysis helps explain why the hearing was held, why it turned out as it did, and what that result meant, both for Oppenheimer and for the United States.
Among the forty witnesses who testified were many who had played vitally important roles in the