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Spies in the Congo: The Race for the Ore That Built the Atomic Bomb

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By (author): Susan Williams

Spies in the Congo is the untold story of one of the most tightly-guarded secrets of the Second World War: America's desperate struggle to secure enough uranium to build its atomic bomb.The Shinkolobwe mine in the Belgian Congo was the most important deposit of uranium yet discovered anywhere on earth, vital to the success of the Manhattan Project. Given that Germany was also working on an atomic bomb, it was an urgent priority for the US to prevent uranium from the Congo being diverted to the enemy - a task entrusted to Washington's elite secret intelligence agents. Sent undercover to colonial Africa to track the ore and to hunt Nazi collaborators, their assignment was made even tougher by the complex political reality and by tensions with Belgian and British officials. A gripping spy-thriller, Spies in the Congo is the true story of unsung heroism, of the handful of good men -- and one woman -- in Africa who were determined to deny Hitler his bomb. See more
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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 130 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 31 May 2018
  • Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781849049528

About Susan Williams

Dr Susan Williams is a senior research fellow in the School of Advanced Study University of London. Her pathbreaking books include Who Killed Hammarskjöld? which in 2015 triggered a new ongoing UN investigation into the death of the UN Secretary-General; Spies in the Congo which spotlights the link between US espionage in the Congo and the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945; Colour Bar the story of Botswanas founding president which was made into the major 2016 film A United Kingdom; and The Peoples King which presents an original perspective on the abdication of Edward VIII and his marriage to Wallis Simpson.

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