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245 04 $aThe nuclear age /$cedited and with an introduction by Shane J. Maddock.
260 $aBoston :$bHoughton Mifflin,$cc2001.
300 $axxvii, 244 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
440 0 $aProblems in American civilization
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 $aInterpreting the nuclear age: Nuclear weapons kept the peace / J.L. Gaddis; Deterrence theory helped to heighton Cold War tensions / D.W. Larson; Nuclear priesthood and its catechism / C. Cohn; Bomb as a harbinger of cultural transformation / P. Boyer -- Atomic bomb and its consequences: Necessary and justified decision / R.J. Maddox; Hasty decision with multiple motivations / J.S. Walker; Japan's strugle with the legacy of the bombings / Seiitsu Tachibana; America's attempt to justify the morality of the bomb / R.J. Lifton -- Nuclear arms race and the struggle to end it: Overkill, the illogic of the U.S. arms buildup / D.A. Rosenberg; Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, how close did the world come to war? / R.A. Divine ; Politics of arms control / M. Kreppn; Nuclear disarmament movement inspired arms control agreements and helped preserve the peace / L.S. Wittner -- Nuclear age at home: Chimera of nuclear power / A.M. Winkler; Civil defence and the post-World War II cult of democracy / E.T. May; Bomb shelter scare and America's moral reawakening / M.A. Henriksen; Environmental and human consequences of U.S. nuclear weapons production / S.I. Schwartz, A. Makhijani, and W.J. Weida --[Cont. in Annot.].
520 $a[TofC cont.] Nuclear weapons in the post-Cold War era: Nuclear nonprolification policy and the maintenance of American hegemony / S.J. Maddock; Nuclear porlification as the greatest post-Cold War National security threat / P.A. Clausen; Popular culture and the post-Cold War transformation of the nuclear menace / P. Boyer and E. Idsvoog; Struggle over America's nuclear legacy / M.S. Sherry. [This book] presents essays that address a broad range of post-World War II nuclear issues. The topics range from a discussion of the decision to drop the atomic bomb, to a critical assessment of deterrence theory, to the environmental and cultural fallout from our use of nuclear weapons and nuclear power ... This collection ... allows students of history to interpret and evaluate the issues, participants, and events for themselves.-Back cover.
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650 0 $aCold War.
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700 1 $aMaddock, Shane J.
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