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The dragon's tail : Americans face the atomic age /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobs, Robert A., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2010]
Series:Culture, politics, and the cold war.
Subjects:
United States > Civilization > 1945-
United States > Civilization > 1945- > Sources.
Atomic bomb > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Atomic bomb > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century > Sources.
Nuclear warfare > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Nuclear warfare > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century > Sources.
War and society > United States > History > 20th century.
War and society > United States > History > 20th century > Sources.
Social change > United States > History > 20th century.
Social change > United States > History > 20th century > Sources.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: At the core of the bomb, narratives
  • Atomic familiars on the radioactive landscape
  • Fallout stories
  • Nuclear approach/avoidance : social scientists and the bomb
  • Survival of self and nation under atomic attack
  • Good bomb/bad bomb
  • The atomic kid : American children vs. the bomb
  • Conclusion: The magical and the mundane.