Department of the Army Program for Dissemination of Atomic Energy Information for ORC and NG Organizations, Phase II and III.
Paperback
1950 · Presidio of San Francisco, California
by United States Army; Sixth Army
Presidio of San Francisco, California: Headquarters Sixth Army, 1950. Paperback. Near Fine. Staple-bound text block; 4to; pagination varies (approx. pp. 100), typed, mimeographed text and illustrations, and "RESTRICTED" printed on every page. Two courses, offering a summary of the discoveries leading to development of atomic energy, and the administrative organization for its control in the United states, a comparison of atomic bomb and TNT bomb explosions, types of atomic bomb explosions, effects of known atomic bomb explosions and probable targets for atomic bombs. Also addresses the establishment of the Manhattan engineering district, public law 585, atomic energy act of 1946, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), and military liason committee. Disturbing stuff, with pictures of bomb victims. The whole a little age-toned, but near fine. OCLC locates only 3 copies. (Inventory #: JC8431)