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Blood and Water (Hardcover)
by Dan Kurzman (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars  (4 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Holt (Henry) & Co ,U.S. (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  (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 990,327 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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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, 21 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, 11 May 1998
By A Customer
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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