"For four decades, the names J. Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and the A-Bomb have been synonymous. Now a new name that could well be added to that equation, a name that could well replace Oppenheimer's as the force behind the successful production of the atomic bomb. That name is General Leslie R. Groves, Director of the Manhattan Project. Through new material gathered from Groves's previously overlooked personal papers and many interviews, The General and the Bomb reveals that the success of the Manhattan Project was due, not to Oppenheimer, but to General Groves, a brilliant administrator and engineer of far-reaching vision, aggressiveness, and relentless energy."--Book Jacket.