{"product_id":"2026200012862-secondhand-the-oppenheimer-case-security-on-trial","title":"The Oppenheimer Case: Security On Trial","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn one of the most shocking episodes of Cold War America, a nation turned on its own genius — and The Oppenheimer Case: Security on Trial chronicles the dramatic downfall of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the brilliant physicist who led the Manhattan Project to victory, only to be branded a security risk by the very government he had served. Philip M. Stern, in close collaboration with legal scholar Harold P. Green, presents a meticulous and gripping account of the 1954 Atomic Energy Commission hearings, in which Oppenheimer was stripped of his security clearance in a proceeding that many historians have since condemned as a politically motivated witch hunt, deeply entwined with the paranoia of the McCarthy era.\n\nWith the authority of a seasoned investigative journalist, Stern uncovers the institutional machinery of fear, loyalty oaths, and ideological suspicion that made such a travesty of due process possible, arguing powerfully that Oppenheimer's persecution was less about genuine national security and more about settling political scores. The book stands as a landmark work of American political history — a searing indictment of a system that sacrificed one of its greatest minds on the altar of Cold War anxiety. With a foreword by Sir Solly Zuckerman lending additional scientific and moral gravitas, this account leaves the reader with an uncomfortable question: in a climate of fear, can justice ever truly prevail?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203279266011,"sku":"2026200012862-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/62c81072-9af0-4e0f-9d91-b077c64e47a6.png?v=1788147381","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012862-secondhand-the-oppenheimer-case-security-on-trial","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}