In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer : a Play

Description: In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer : a Play Freely Adapted on the Basis of the Documents Very Good - Text Unmarked - Binding and Cover Clean and Tight - Ready to Ship By -- Heinar Kipphardt, Translated by -- Ruth Speirs Published by -- Hill and Wang, 1969, New York NY, 127 Pages, Trade Paperback, 7.75" X 5.25" X .25", 6 oz., ISBN -- 0809012154 / 9780809012152 Series -- Spotlight Dramabook [BACK COVER]"In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer a play by Heinar Kipphardt J. Robert Oppenheimer earned the title of "father of the atomic bomb" as a result of his role as director of the Scientific Laboratory at Los Alamos. In 1954, as chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, he was widely criticized for delaying the development of the hydrogen bomb in a manner which allowed the U.S.S.R. to gain ground on the United States in the nuclear arms race. At the height of the cold war, his security clearance was withdrawn and he was required to answer questions by a Personnel Security Board concerning his views, his associations, and his actions. Heinar Kipphardt's play, which conveys the tension and conflict of that secret hearing, is a play for the theatre, not an assemblage of documentary material. He uses the facts taken from the published transcript (in the manner of Weiss's Investigation) to present some fundamental issues which face the world today — the conflict between the responsibility of the individual (above all, the nuclear physicist) to his country and to humanity as a whole, the right of the patriot to express views at odds with those of his government without his loyalty being called into question." #booksforsale #Antiquarian #Bookworm #Drama #JRobertOppenheimer #CuttleboneBooks #Vintage #CoverArt #instabooks #AtomicBomb #Bookstagram #Oppenheimer #BooksBooksBook #booksale #Script #Books #bibliophile #LosAlamos #booksforsale #FatherOfTheAtomicBomb #Play #HeinarKiphardt #readersofinstagram #bookcollecting #Theater #instaread #collectiblebooks #Bookworm #Biography

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