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By the Bomb's Early Light: American Thought and Culture at the Dawn of the Atomic Age
Originally published in 1985, By the Bomb's Early Light is the first book to explore the cultural 'fallout' in America during the early years of the atomic age. Paul Boyer argues that the major…
Mobilizing against Nuclear Energy: A Comparison of Germany and the United States
In the past two decades young people, environmentalists, church activists, leftists, and others have mobilized against nuclear energy. Anti-nuclear protest has been especially widespread and vocal in…
Controlling the Atom: The Beginnings of Nuclear Regulation 1946-1962
- B. Hacker, G. Mazuzan, J. Walker
- Political Science
- 15 November 1984
This book traces the early history of nuclear power regulation in the US. It focuses on the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the federal agency that until 1975 was primarily responsible for planning…
The Origins of the Cold War in United States History Textbooks
- J. Walker
- Political Science, History
- 1 March 1995
The impact of the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union on American politics and society during the post-World War II era can hardly be overstated. As Gary B. Nash and his…
Recent Literature on Truman's Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for Middle Ground
- J. Walker
- Political Science
- 1 April 2005
In a poll conducted in 1999, the Newseum, a museum of the news media in Arlington, Virginia, asked a panel of sixty-seven American journalists to rank the top one hundred stories of the twentieth…
The Road to Yucca Mountain: The Development of Radioactive Waste Policy in the United States
- J. Walker
- Political Science
- 2 September 2009
List of Illustrations Preface 1. A Solvable Problem 2. A "Huge and Ever-Increasing Problem" 3. An "Atomic Garbage Dump" for Kansas 4. New Directions in Radioactive Waste Management 5. Progressing…
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