 | In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: The Security Clearance Hearing Subjects: Oppenheimer J. Robert 1904–1967 -- Trials litigation etc; Hydrogen bomb -- History; Internal security -- United States; United States -- Politics and government -- 1953–1961; Physicists -- United States -- Biography; At the end of World War II, J. Robert Oppenheimer was one of America's preeminent physicists. For his work as director of the Manhattan Project, he was awarded the Medal for Merit, the highest honor the U.S. government can bestow on a civilian. Yet... Richard Polenberg is Goldwin Smith Professor of American History at Cornell University. Among his previous books is Fighting Faiths: The Abrams Case, the Supreme Court, and Free Speech , also from Cornell. |
