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Leslie R. Groves

(Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970)

Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project that developed the atomic bomb during World War II. (From Wikipedia)

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Associated author:

Smyth, Henry De Wolf, 1898-1986

Books by Leslie R. Groves:

Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970, contrib.: Atomic Energy for Military Purposes: The Official Report on the Development of the Atomic Bomb Under the Auspices of the United States Government, 1940-1945 (slightly updated version of GPO edition; Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1945), by Henry De Wolf Smyth (page images at HathiTrust)
Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970, contrib.: A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes Under the Auspices of the United States government, 1940-1945 (Washington: GPO, 1945), by Henry De Wolf Smyth (page images at HathiTrust)

Additional books by Leslie R. Groves in the extended shelves:

Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970: A general account of the development of methods of using atomic energy for military purposes under the auspices of the United States government, 1940-1945 ([Washington, D.C.] : [Adjutant General's Office], [1945], 1945), also by Henry De Wolf Smyth, United States. Adjutant General's Department, and United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers (page images at HathiTrust)

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