An edition of The American atom
(1991)
The American atom
a documentary history of nuclear policies from the discovery of fission to the present
2nd ed.
by Philip L. Cantelon, Richard G. Hewlett, and Robert Chadwell Williams
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Debate over nuclear policy, whether about nuclear weapons or nuclear energy, most often focuses on issues of the present or the future. The documents in this classic collection remind us, however, that the issues involved have a past. We follow the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer thorough his letters, observations of those close to the Manhattan Project and testimony to the Atomic Energy Commission. President Dwight Eisenhower's 1953 'Atoms for Peace' speech demonstrates how far back calls for nuclear sanity go, and the listing of nuclear-weapons accidents shows how dangerous it may be to ignore those calls.
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Sources, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear nonproliferation, Nuclear energy, Deterrence (Strategy), Military policy, History, Nuclear disarmamentPlaces
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The American Atom, 2/e
February 1, 1992, University of Pennsylvania Press
Paperback
in English
- 2 edition
0812213548 9780812213546
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The American Atom: A Documentary History of Nuclear Policies from the Discovery of Fission to the Present
December 1991, University of Pennsylvania Press
Hardcover
in English
- 2nd edition
0812230965 9780812230963
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The American atom: a documentary history of nuclear policies from the discovery of fission to the present
1991, University of Pennsylvania Press
in English
- 2nd ed.
0812230965 9780812230963
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