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Author : Brennan Pool
Release : 2017
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Book Synopsis The American Public and the Atomic Bomb from 1945-1950 by : Brennan Pool
Download or read book The American Public and the Atomic Bomb from 1945-1950 written by Brennan Pool. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. Samuel Walker
Release : 2016
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Book Synopsis Prompt and Utter Destruction by : J. Samuel Walker
Download or read book Prompt and Utter Destruction written by J. Samuel Walker. This book was released on 2016. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gregg Herken
Release : 2014-07-14
Genre : Political Science
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Book Synopsis The Winning Weapon by : Gregg Herken
Download or read book The Winning Weapon written by Gregg Herken. This book was released on 2014-07-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes clear how, and why, after World War II American diplomats tried to make the atom bomb a winning weapon," an absolute advantage in negotiations with the Soviet Union. But this policy failed utterly in the 1948 Berlin crisis, and at home the State Department opposed those scientists who advocated international cooperation on nuclear matters. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author : Michael John Yavenditti
Release : 1970
Genre : Atomic bomb
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Book Synopsis American Reactions to the Use of Atomic Bombs on Japan, 1945-1947 by : Michael John Yavenditti
Download or read book American Reactions to the Use of Atomic Bombs on Japan, 1945-1947 written by Michael John Yavenditti. This book was released on 1970. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This study focuses on one aspect of the more general problem of the American response to atomic energy: the ways Americans felt about the use of the atomic bomb on Japan. This dissertation considers the American public as a whole and important groups within it between the spring of 1945 and the end of 1947"--Page v
Author : Alex Wellerstein
Release : 2021-04-09
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Restricted Data by : Alex Wellerstein
Download or read book Restricted Data written by Alex Wellerstein. This book was released on 2021-04-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nuclear weapons, since their conception, have been the subject of secrecy. In the months after the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the American scientific establishment, the American government, and the American public all wrestled with what was called the "problem of secrecy," wondering not only whether secrecy was appropriate and effective as a means of controlling this new technology but also whether it was compatible with the country's core values. Out of a messy context of propaganda, confusion, spy scares, and the grave counsel of competing groups of scientists, what historian Alex Wellerstein calls a "new regime of secrecy" was put into place. It was unlike any other previous or since. Nuclear secrets were given their own unique legal designation in American law ("restricted data"), one that operates differently than all other forms of national security classification and exists to this day. Drawing on massive amounts of declassified files, including records released by the government for the first time at the author's request, Restricted Data is a narrative account of nuclear secrecy and the tensions and uncertainty that built as the Cold War continued. In the US, both science and democracy are pitted against nuclear secrecy, and this makes its history uniquely compelling and timely"--
