The plutonium files : America's secret medical experiments in the Cold War / Eileen Welsome.

Pt. I. The "Product" -- Ch. 1. The acid taste of Plutonium -- Ch. 2. TheRad Lab -- Ch. 3. 1942: the Met Lab -- Ch. 4. A tolerable dose -- Ch. 5. The Manhattan project is launched -- Ch. 6. Plutonium rising -- Ch. 7. Planning the experiment -- Ch. 8. Ebb Cade -- Ch. 9. Next in line: Arthur and Albert -- Ch. 10.Trinity site -- Ch. 11. A "small piece of the sun" -- Ch. 12. The quest continues -- Ch. 13. The Rochester production line -- Ch. 14. A misdiagnosed housewife -- Ch. 15. Chicago: upping the dose -- Ch. 16. Postwar Berkeley: the final injections -- Pt. II. Atomic utopia -- Ch. 17. At a Crossroads -- Ch. 18. Comings andgoings -- Ch. 19. The AEC and the politics of secrecy -- Ch. 20. Shields Warren: "patriotic enough to lie" -- Ch. 21. "Wrapped in the flag" -- Ch. 22. The Vanderbilt women -- Ch. 23. The Fernald boys -- Pt. III. The proving ground -- Ch. 24. Stalin's Labor Day surprise -- Ch. 25. The first GI guinea pigs -- Ch. 26. "Hot particles" -- Ch. 27. Scorched earth maneuvers -- Ch. 28. Citizen vol