Ever since the end of WWII, there has been a fascination with German weapons of time. This includes not only those that were actually built, but also those in development along with what are often referred as 'paper projects'. Probably no project has drawn more interest than the German research into nuclear weapons.

Many feel that this research died in its infancy with the end of the war. However, the author of this book believes that is not the case and that these weapons, both nuclear and radiologic, were not only developed, but in many cases, ready to be deployed. It was only in the realization of the effects of these weapons as the Allies moved across Europe, that some of them were never used. Others were ready, but there was no way to deploy them in the final days of the Reich.

According to the author, these weapons were seized by the advancing Allies along with documentation regarding the various projects and information on them is still classified. It is no secret that the Germans and Japanese were well aware of the Manhattan project as there were spies who sent information back to Germany on the project's progress. Apparently, these reports were helpful to German research in terms of their own atomic program.

The author divides the book into various sections. One is on the various methods of delivering these weapons, the majority of which were either by aircraft or rocket, though there were sea-borne methods considered. Another is on the development of the weapons themselves. Yet another is on the political situation regarding the use of what had been developed and finally on what might have happened to all the material at the end of the war.

There is a fair amount of 'what if' and 'little is known' spread throughout the book, which I guess is about par for the course when one delves into a subject like this. After all, nearly nothing was released to the public on the subject and so the author had to do considerable sleuthing, digging through interviews and books by those who participated to help fill in some of the blanks. This all makes for a fascinating read on a subject that in actually quite intriguing. It is well worth picking up.