News zero : the New York times and the bomb /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Keever, Beverly Deepe
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Monroe, Me. : Common Courage Press, [2004]
Subjects:	Atomic bomb > United States > History. Atomic bomb > Press coverage > United States > History. Atomic bomb > Government policy > United States > History. Atomic bomb > Moral and ethical aspects > United States. Nuclear weapons > Marshall Islands > Testing > Press coverage. Nuclear weapons > United States > History. Nuclear weapons > Press coverage > United States > History. Nuclear weapons > Government policy > United States > History. Nuclear weapons > United States > Testing > History. Nuclear weapons testing victims > Marshall Islands > Press coverage. Nuclear weapons > Health aspects > United States. Nuclear weapons > Environmental aspects > United States. Nuclear weapons > Moral and ethical aspects > United States. Hydrogen bomb > Government policy > United States > History. Deception > Political aspects > United States. Government and the press > United States > History. Journalistic ethics > United States. Press and politics > United States. New York times > Press coverage. New York times. Groves, Leslie R., > 1896-1970. Laurence, William Leonard, > 1888- United States > Military policy. United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989. United States > Politics and government > 1989- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945. Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands) Marshall Islands.

Table of Contents:

pt. 1. 1945-1962. Introduction: neutrons, news, news zero. The New York times as propaganda organ : what made it the ideal outlet. Conflicts of interest behind and beyond the "atomic curtain" : the bomb as a Second Coming of Christ yarn. News Zero from the first ground zeroes. From orality to infernos : "These were the forgotten people." Building a superpower by standing on the shoulders of native peoples. The Times defines its duty : "We must accept our destiny as the defender of the free world. The lost millennia : from here to near-eternity. "Standing at the gates of hell looking into eternity." Americans "are smart at doing stupid things"; H-bomb's biggest fallout in U.S. history (but not in the Times)
pt. 2. 1980-2004. "The only victims of U.S. nuclear arms since World War II have been our own people." Conclusion: News Zero and the next rough drafts of history.