Critical Mass [Carter Plymton Hydrick]

[Weird WW2 ] [Nukes] [Atomic Espionage]

Critical Mass

Carter Plymton Hydrick

Whitehurst & Company, USA. 2004. Second paperback edition. Some delamination of the cover, curling of the edges, and staining to interior of cover indicating water exposure at some point. Sturdy text block, clean. Inscribed by the author. A very good copy.

From the publisher:

"Why… did a quarter of the 65 present and former employees of Oak Ridge National Laboratory who viewed Carter Hydrick’s presentation of Critical Mass at the American Museum of Science and Energy purchase the book?

Why…? did Texas A&M University’s professor of military science history Dr. Anthony Stranges, who had defended the traditional history of the atomic bomb against Critical Mass in two television news broadcasts, after reviewing Carter Hydrick’s documentation and reading the book, reverse his position and endorse Critical Mass, and obtain a university grant for Mr. Hydrick to present his findings to the university’s chapter of the national collegiate historical honors society (Phi Alpha Theta)? 

Why…? does retired director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Weapons Program Office, Dr. Delmar Bergen, endorse Critical Mass?

Why…? does distinguished professor emeritus of history Dr. Douglas Tobler recommend that scholars and laymen interested in modern history read Critical Mass?

Because what Carter Hydrick discovered and has written in Critical Mass provides compelling new information about what Dr. Tobler calls "an important, perhaps even critical, chapter in our modern history." The Nazis did surrender enriched uranium and other atomic bomb components to the United States that, according to the evidence, were used in the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Now you can find out how it happened! Read Critical Mass: How Nazi Germany Surrendered Enriched Uranium for the United States’ Atomic Bomb."

How about that, genuine high weirdness all within the realm of possibility. Well written, exceptionally researched, and swept under the rug. Something is amiss....check it out.