Account of the making of no one's favourite MGM movie - about the making of the bomb and it being used. Goes through the original idea - a scientist contacted Donna Reed! - the battle to do a screenplay, all the censorship, rival project from Hal Wallis written by Ayn Rand. It's weird MGM made this before Dore Schary joined the studio!
A few nit picking errors - Above and Beyond made money. And the book feels as though it needs a new edition now that Oppenheimer has some out. But fascinating. Great way to explore this subject with its hype, prima donna scientists, lunatic army men, vain presidents. I had sympathy most for Hollywood producers, just trying to make the damn thing happen.
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