Scientific American

The First Nuclear Arms Race: Churchill's Bomb, Part 1

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Foreign Affairs

Churchill’s Bomb: How the United States Overtook Britain in the First Nuclear Arms Race

Winston Churchill’s last major speech as British prime minister, delivered to Parliament on March 1, 1955, was one of his best. In vivid terms, Churchill made the case for nuclear deterrence, ...
Mental Floss

Britain Winning Naval Arms Race, Churchill Says

The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that killed millions and set the continent of Europe on the path to further calamity two decades later. But it didn’t come out of nowhere. With the ...
Morning Advertiser

Churchill Arms

Next year, Gerry O'Brien celebrates managing the Churchill Arms for 25 years. His enthusiasm for the trade and for the Churchill is as strong as ever. He says: "I'm very lucky to have such a lovely, ...
Scientific American

The First Nuclear Arms Race: Churchill's Bomb, Part 2

Steve Mirsky: Steve Mirsky here with part two of our talk with Graham Farmelo, author of Churchill's Bomb. In terms of the effort to separate the uranium I mean it's a brute force kind of thing. If ...