Trinity: A Graphic History of the First Atomic Bomb

Trinity,thedebutgraphicbookbyJonathanFetter-Vorm,depictsthedramatichistoryoftheracetobuildandthedecisiontodropthefirstatomicbombinWorldWarTwo.Thissweepinghistoricalnarrativetracesthesparkofinventionfromthelaboratoriesofnineteenth-centuryEuropetothemassiveindustrialandscientificeffortsoftheManhattanProject,andeventransportsthereaderintoanuclearreaction—intothesplittingatomsthemselves.Thepoweroftheatomwasharnessedinatop-secretgovernmentcompoundinLosAlamos,NewMexico,byagroupofbrilliantscientistsledbytheenigmaticwunderkindJ.RobertOppenheimer.Focusedfromthestartonthemonumentallydifficulttaskofbuildinganatomicweapon,thesemenandwomensoonbegantowrestlewiththemoralimplicationsofactuallysucceeding.Whentheydetonatedthefirstbombatatestsitecode-namedTrinity,theyrecognizedthattheyhadirreversiblythrusttheworldintoanewandterrifyingage.WithpowerfulrenderingsofthecatastrophiceventsatHiroshimaandNagasaki,Fetter-Vormunflinchinglychroniclesthefar-reachingpolitical,environmental,andpsychologicaleffectsofthisnewinvention.Informativeandthought-provoking,Trinityistheidealintroductiontooneofthemostsignificanteventsinhistory.