How we cite our quotes: Chapter name.(Chapter Number).Paragraph
Quote #1
There had been a lot of talk so far, and some research. Now it was time for action. "We both felt painfully the dangers of doing nothing," Churchill recalled. "What if the enemy should get an atomic bomb before we did!" (On The Cliff.(8)10)
Aside from how awful it would have been had Hitler gotten his hands on an atomic bomb, doesn't this kind of sound like a spoiled, whiny kid? He might get one, so I want one, too—and I want mine to be even better. Hrmph.
Quote #2
In spite of the glider disaster, the British and Americans were still determined to destroy the Vemork heavy water plant in Norway. Like the graphite Enrico Fermi used in his Chicago pile, heavy water can be used to slow down neutrons and create a chain reaction in uranium. In fact, heavy water is more efficient than graphite—Fermi would have used heavy water if he could have gotten his hands on enough. But Adolf Hitler held tight to the world's only supply. Breaking that grip was the key to stopping the German bomb. (Operation Gunnerside.(14).2)
This is the Tonya Harding theory of competition: If you can take out your opponent's plan at the knees, then winning the race will be a lot easier.
Quote #3
In Moscow, KGB officers were intensely frustrated by how little they'd uncovered about the Manhattan Project. "In the presence of this research work," Moscow cabled its spies in America, "vast both in scale and scope, being conducted right here next to you, the slow pace of agent cultivation in the USA is particularly intolerable." (Laboratory Number 2.(18).23)
This is the problem with trying to have someone else run the race for you and then stealing their medal. Trying to find someone morally corrupt and pliable enough to do your dirty work isn't always easy.