Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon (Graphic Novel)

Set against the backdrop of World War II, the graphic novel traces the chain of events from the 1938 discovery of nuclear fission to the creation of the atomic bomb. It follows the intense competition among scientists in the United States, Britain, and Germany, the Allied sabotage of a Norwegian heavy-water plant, and the infiltration of Soviet spies into the Manhattan Project. The story also recounts the bomb's use in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the ensuing arms race that redefined global politics.