Atomic Age AmericaAtomic Age America looks at the broad influence of atomic energy¿focusing particularly on nuclear weapons and nuclear power¿on the lives of Americans within a world context. The text examines the social, political, diplomatic, environmental, and technical impacts of atomic energy on the 20th and 21st centuries, with a look back to the origins of atomic theory. |
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1882 | |
1895 | |
War Big Science and | 1926 |
From Total War | |
Hiroshima and Nagasaki | |
Deterrence Espionage | |
Massive | |
Peaceful Uses | |
The MilitaryIndustrial | |
The Bandwagon | |
Movement | |
The PostTMI World Chernobyl and the Future of Nuclear | |
Pax Atomicaor Pox Atomicaat the End of the Cold | |
The Atom in | |
From Hiroshima to Fukushima | |
Index | |
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