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Blood and Water (Hardcover)

by Dan Kurzman (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Henry Holt & Company Inc (Sep 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0805032061
  • ISBN-13: 978-0805032062
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,090,910 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"making excellent use of diaries, interviews with participants, and a wealth of newly declassified information, Dan Kurzman has written an absorbing adventure story. "-The New York Times Book Review


Synopsis

Chronicles the desperate 1941 mission to destroy a vital hydroelectric plant to prevent Hitler from making atomic bombs, citing the cost of the mission and considering what might have happened if it had failed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Keeping Hitler From the Bomb, 20 May 1998
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This is a part of history that certainly needs telling, and B&W fills the bill. Written in a non-academic style it tells the story of how the allies crippled Germany's heavy water supply in Norway. It is a fascinating tale of a few heroes who risked, and sometimes gave, their lives to prevent Germany from developing the atomic bomb. Some interesting facts are also given regarding the development of a nuclear weapon. If German scientists had just developed a slightly different mind set they wouldn't have needed the heavy water, and could have built a bomb without it. Good rendering of a small but very important story of World War II.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very good perspective, 10 May 1998
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As one of Mr. Kurzman's Norwegian sources for his research on this subject, I must say he has managed to put the heavy-water sabotage mission into a global perspective. We've seen far too many books on this and other Norwegian WW2 missions just dealing with the operation itself. About time a foreigner wrote about this, looking at international relations and history, while at the same time doing a great job on the local perspective. Well done Mr. Kurzman!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good read, 28 Feb 1998
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This was a good book on the race between the U.S., Britain and Germany to build the first atomic bomb. I read this book as part of my research for a paper and found myself reading it more for enjoyment. A small team of Norwegians was sent into their own country to sabatoge a factory that was producing heavy water, a key ingredient in the atomic research. The tale of their close encounters with death and mission failure was not only griping, but showed the importance of their mission's success.
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4.0 out of 5 stars It reads like a thriller, only it really happened
Most are familiar that there was an ongoing race to build an atomic bomb during world war 2. You'll get chills when you read how close the race really was. Read more
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