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The Traveler's Guide to Nuclear Weapons

You should be aware of an important new CD-ROM book that tells a remarkable story about some of the nation's most closely-held secrets.

The Traveler's Guide to Nuclear Weapons,
A Journey Through America's Cold War Battlefields.

The website www.AtomicTraveler.com provides a detailed description of its contents and other fascinating historical information and photographs of the United States' nuclear weapons complex. Anyone who has worked for the Federal government during the last 50 years will find this new publication a thrilling addition to their library and a valuable resource for understanding how the history of the nuclear weapons complex is interwoven with daily American life.

"In my view this CD-ROM book is an indispensable traveler's guide to the nuclear weapons complex not only for the traveler but for the professional historian as well. As a Manhattan Engineer District history buff, I have about 150 books in my library on this subject. The Traveler's Guide to Nuclear Weapons is an excellent addition to my collection. I highly recommend it."

- John Taschner in Health Physics Journal (October 2003, Vol 85, No. 4)

"The only such guide of its kind, it takes PC travelers on a fascinating journey through the secretive sites associated with the U.S. nuclear weapons complex."

- Carl VonWodtke, Managing Editor, Military History and MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History

The Traveler's Guide to Nuclear Weapons illustrates 160 important homes, offices, laboratories, factories, mills, and bomb detonation sites in the United States. Remarkable personal stories of the workers and scientists, concise summaries of their contributions to the Cold War, descriptions of the present visible traces of their past (and present) activities, scaled maps, photos, tour schedules, and site telephone numbers provide atomic tourists with all they need to visit these historic locations, vicariously or in person. Some features of this unique resource book are:

* More than 400 pages of text covering 160 different locations across the continental United States, Alaska, and Hawaii.

* More than 180 color or historical black and white photographs of forgotten places that few have ever seen.

* Almost 200 maps and diagrams that show details of the sites (both historical and current layouts) and illustrate how workers used their unique machinery to create the special components required for atomic weapons

* More than 50 informative sidebars that explain details of the nuclear weapons complex including industrial processes, such as uranium and lithium enrichment, and the sources of uranium, plutonium, tritium, and other materials that went into the Bomb.

* More than 10 pages of bibliographic listings for those who want to pursue a more detailed technical or historical exploration of the nuclear weapons complex.

* More than 30 pages of index with detailed cross-references.

Learn more about this new CD-ROM book The Traveler's Guide to Nuclear Weapons, A Journey Through America's Cold War Battlefields at www.AtomicTraveler.com. Or, click here for http://www.atomictraveler.com/BookReviews.htm Book Reviews and Quotes.