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The Bastard Brigade : the true story of the renegade scientists and spies who sabotaged the Nazi atomic bomb / Sam Kean.

Kean, Sam, (author.). Sullivan, Ben, (narrator.).

Summary:

New York Times best selling author Sam Kean tells the incredible story of how a renegade group of spies kept Hitler from obtaining his ultimate prize: a nuclear bomb. Scientists have always kept secrets. But rarely in history have scientific secrets been as vital as they were during World War II. In the midst of planning the Manhattan Project, the U.S. Office of Strategic Services created a secret offshoot, the Alsos Mission, which was meant to gather intelligence on and sabotage if necessary, scientific research by the Axis powers. What resulted was a plot worthy of the finest thriller, full of spies, sabotage, and murder. At its heart was the 'Lightning A' team, a group of intrepid soldiers, scientists, and spies, and even a famed baseball player, who were given almost free rein to get themselves embedded within the German scientific community to stop the most terrifying threat of the war: Hitler acquiring an atomic bomb of his very own.

Record details

ISBN: 9781549181115
ISBN: 1549181114
Physical Description: 12 audio discs (approximately 14 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 CD-ROM
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Hachette Audio, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container. Compact discs. Includes a PDF of supplemental material.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restricted to PRINT DISABLED Patrons.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Ben Sullivan.