Secret History of Rdx - The Super-Explosive That Helped Win World War II

Much more than a technical account, this study assesses the social and economic impact of the military-industrial complex on small communities on the home front.

About the author

Colin F. Baxter is professor emeritus of history at East Tennessee State University and former chair of the Department of History. He is the author of The Normandy Campaign, 1944: A Selected Bibliography; The War in North Africa, 1940-1943: A Selected Bibliography; Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1887-1976: A Selected Bibliography; and coeditor of The American Military Tradition from Colonial Times to the Present.

Summary

Documents the journey of the super-explosive RDX from conceptualization at Woolwich Arsenal in England to mass production at Holston Ordnance Works in east Tennessee. He examines the debates between RDX advocates and their opponents and explores the use of the explosive in the bomber war over Germany, in the naval war in the Atlantic, and as a key element in the trigger device of the atomic bomb.

Product details

• Authors: Colin F Baxter, Colin F. Baxter
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9780813175287
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-7528-7
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), HISTORY / Military / World War II, History - Military / War, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), HISTORY / Military / Weapons