The Bastard Brigade

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The Bastard Brigade

Editorial: hodder_paperbacks

ISBN: 978-15-2937-488-9

ISBN sin guiones: 9781529374889

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 1

Fecha de publicación: 2020-07-23

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

The Bastard Brigade

Editorial: hodder_stoughton

ISBN: 978-15-2937-490-2

ISBN sin guiones: 9781529374902

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 1

Fecha de publicación: 2019-07-18

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

The Bastard Brigade

Editorial: hodder_stoughton

ISBN: 978-15-2937-489-6

ISBN sin guiones: 9781529374896

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 1

Fecha de publicación: 2019-07-18

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

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The Bastard Brigade

Sam Kean

Primera publicación: 2019-07-18

Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely in history have scientific secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the midst of planning the Manhattan Project, the U. S. Office of Strategic Services created a secret offshoot - the Alsos Mission - meant to gather intelligence on and sabotage if necessary, scientific research by the Axis powers. What resulted was a plot worthy of the finest thriller, full of spies, sabotage, and murder. At its heart was the 'Lightning A' team, a group of intrepid soldiers, scientists, and spies - and even a famed baseball player - who were given almost free rein to get themselves embedded within the German scientific community to stop the most terrifying threat of the war: Hitler acquiring an atomic bomb of his very own. While the Manhattan Project and other feats of scientific genius continue to inspire us today, few people know about the international intrigue and double-dealing that accompanied those breakthroughs. Bastard Brigade recounts this forgotten history, fusing a non-fiction spy thriller with some of the most incredible scientific ventures of all time.