Life Under a Cloud: American Anxiety about the AtomUniversity of Illinois Press, 1999 - 290 sivua Presents an account of the impact of the atomic bomb on American political and cultural life. This title delineates how fears of nuclear disaster have become a part of our culture. Tracing the debate over military and civilian uses of atomic power, it reveals the irony, anxiety, and official insanity of the atomic age. |
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Origins of the Atomic Age | 9 |
The Question of Control | 34 |
Strategy Weaponry and the Early Arms Race | 57 |
Fear of Fallout | 84 |
Civil Defense | 109 |
The Peaceful Atom | 136 |
The Search for Stability | 165 |
A Resurgence of Concern | 187 |
Epilogue | 209 |
Notes | 215 |
Bibliographical Essay | 251 |
Bibliography | 255 |
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