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PROLOGUE

^{FEBRUARY 1955}
Churchill, his nuclear scientists and the Bomb

1
TOWARDS THE NUCLEAR AGE

^1894–1925
Wells and his liberating ‘atomic bombs’

1924–1932
Churchill glimpses a nuclear future

¹⁹³²
Rutherford: nuclear sceptic

^{MARCH 1933 TO DECEMBER 1934}
The Prof advises ‘a scientist who missed his vocation’

^{SEPTEMBER 1933 TO FEBRUARY 1935}
Szilárd’s nuclear epiphany

^{FEBRUARY 1934 TO OCTOBER 1938}
Churchill fears war – and that nuclear energy will soon be harnessed

^{NOVEMBER 1938 TO SEPTEMBER 1939}
Bohr thinks the Bomb is ‘inconceivable’

2
WORLD WAR II

^{AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1939}
Churchill – nuclear weapons will not be ready for the war

^{SEPTEMBER 1939 TO FEBRUARY 1940}
Chadwick doubts that the Bomb is viable

^{OCTOBER 1939 TO JULY 1940}
FDR receives a nuclear warning

^{MARCH TO JUNE 1940}
Frisch and Peierls discover how to make the Bomb

^{MAY AND JUNE 1940}
Churchill has more pressing problems

^{JUNE TO SEPTEMBER 1940}
Thomson and his MAUD committee debate policy on the Bomb

^{AUGUST 1940 TO AUGUST 1941}
In his finest hour, Churchill begs America for help

^{JULY AND AUGUST 1941}
Chadwick believes Britain should build its own Bomb

^{AUGUST TO OCTOBER 1941}
Lindemann backs a British Bomb

^{AUGUST 1941 TO JANUARY 1942}
Oliphant bustles in America

^{NOVEMBER 1941 TO JULY 1942}
Churchill talks about the Bomb with FDR

^{JANUARY 1942 TO JANUARY 1943}
Akers attempts a merger

^{OCTOBER 1942 TO JULY 1943}
Bush aims for an American monopoly

^{JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1943}
Churchill’s nuclear deal with FDR

^{SEPTEMBER 1943 TO MAY 1944}
Bohr takes a political initiative

^{APRIL TO SEPTEMBER 1944}
The Bulldog meets the Great Dane

^{FEBRUARY 1944 TO JULY 1945}
Chadwick witnesses the first nuclear explosion

^{1 JULY TO 5 AUGUST 1945}
Churchill says yes to dropping the Bomb

3
CHURCHILL AS LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION
July 1945 to October 1951

^{AUGUST 1945 TO JANUARY 1949}
Blackett: nuclear heretic

^{AUGUST 1945 TO AUGUST 1949}
Churchill the Cold Warrior

FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1950
Peierls and ‘the spy of the century’

^{FEBRUARY 1950 TO SPRING 1951}
Churchill softens his line on the Bomb

^{AUGUST 1945 TO OCTOBER 1951}
Penney delivers the British Bomb

4
CHURCHILL’S SECOND PREMIERSHIP

^{OCTOBER 1951 TO DECEMBER 1952}
Churchill – Britain’s first nuclear Premier

¹⁹⁵³
Hinton engineers nuclear power

^{MARCH 1953 TO FEBRUARY 1954}
Churchill the nuclear missionary

MARCH TO DECEMBER 1954
Cockcroft becomes a confidant of the Prime Minister

APRIL 1954 TO APRIL 1955
Churchill’s nuclear swansong

EPILOGUES

^{1954 ONWARDS}
1: Churchill’s nuclear scientists

^{6 APRIL 1955 ONWARDS}
2: Churchill and his Prof

Acknowledgements

References

Notes

Epigraphs

Prologue

Wells and his liberating ‘atomic bombs’

Churchill glimpses a nuclear future

Rutherford: nuclear sceptic

The Prof advises ‘a scientist who missed his vocation’

Szilárd’s nuclear epiphany

Churchill fears war – and that nuclear energy will soon be harnessed

Bohr thinks the Bomb is ‘inconceivable’

Churchill – nuclear weapons will not be ready for the war

Chadwick doubts that the Bomb is viable

FDR receives a nuclear warning

Frisch and Peierls discover how to make the Bomb

Churchill has more pressing problems

Thomson and his MAUD committee debate policy on the Bomb

In his finest hour, Churchill begs America for help

Chadwick believes Britain should build its own Bomb

Lindemann backs a British Bomb

Oliphant bustles in America

Churchill talks about the Bomb with FDR

Akers attempts a merger

Bush aims for an American monopoly

Churchill’s nuclear deal with FDR

Bohr takes a political initiative

The Bulldog meets the Great Dane

Chadwick witnesses the first nuclear explosion

Churchill says yes to dropping the Bomb

Blackett: nuclear heretic

Churchill the Cold Warrior

Peierls and ‘the spy of the century’

Churchill softens his line on the Bomb

Penney delivers the British Bomb

Churchill – Britain’s first nuclear Premier

Hinton engineers nuclear power

Churchill the nuclear missionary

Cockcroft becomes a confidant of the Prime Minister

Churchill’s nuclear swansong

Epilogue 1: Churchill’s nuclear scientists

Epilogue 2: Churchill and his Prof

Acknowledgements

Index

Advance Praise for Churchill’s Bomb

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