Nice, quick read that gives a great survey of the building and use of the atomic bomb, with an unsurprising look at Hollywood BS and the fact that in the America of "the good old days," the people in government still acted and lied out of self-interest as opposed to the interests of the country or anyone else for that matter. And what's a few thousand dead women and children because an A bomb went off target anyway? But yeah, this book lets you see how Hollywood and Washington sausage is made.