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Jennet Conant (born July 15, 1959) is an American non-fiction author and journalist. She has written five books about World War II, three of which have appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list: Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science that Changed the Course of WWII, 109 East Palace: Robert Oppenheimer and the Secret City of Los Alamos, The Irregulars: Roald ...
Marguerite Higgins Hall (September 3, 1920 – January 3, 1966) was an American reporter and war correspondent.Higgins covered World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, and in the process advanced the cause of equal access for female war correspondents. [1]
Jennet Conant: Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science that Changed the Course of World War II: Alfred Lee Loomis: June 16, 2002: Samantha Power: A Problem From Hell: America and the Age of Genocide: Genocide; United States non-interventionism: June 23, 2002: Diana Preston: Lusitania: An Epic Tragedy: The RMS ...
Conant was appointed as its chairman, and Briggs, Compton, Lawrence, Eger Murphree, and Urey as its other members. [ 42 ] [ 43 ] [ 44 ] S-1 Executive Committee meetings were held on June 25, July 9, July 30, August 26, September 13–14, September 26, October 23–24, November 14, December 9, and December 19, 1942, and January 14, February 10 ...
Conant, Jennet (2002). Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II. New York: Simon & Schuster. hardcover: ISBN 0-684-87287-0, paperback: ISBN 0-684-87288-9; Video documentary. The Secret of Tuxedo Park, season 30 episode 2 of American Experience on PBS.
Jennet Conant, reviewing the book for The New York Times, said it was "entertaining" and "packed with vivid personalities (and) insider observations about a pivotal moment in history." [2] Moira Hodgson, writing for The Wall Street Journal, commended the book as "skillfully written and meticulously researched." [3]
BSC operated from the 35th and 36th floors of the International Building, Rockefeller Center, New York during World War II. British Security Co-ordination (BSC) was a covert organisation set up in New York City by the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in May 1940 upon the authorisation of the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.
Conant, Jennet (October 15, 2013). Tuxedo Park: A Wall Street Tycoon and the Secret Palace of Science That Changed the Course of World War II . Simon and Schuster.