Life under a cloud : American anxiety about the atom / Allan M. Winkler.

Main entry:

Winkler, Allan M., 1945- author.

Title & Author:

Life under a cloud : American anxiety about the atom / Allan M. Winkler.

Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.
©1993

Description:

282 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-270) and index.
Origins of the atomic age -- The question of control -- Strategy, weaponry, and the early arms race -- Fear of fallout -- Civil defense -- The peaceful atom -- The search for stability -- A resurgence of concern.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0195078217 (acid-free paper)
9780195078213 (acid-free paper)

Subject:

Nuclear weapons United States History.
Nuclear engineering Government policy United States History.
Armes nucléaires États-Unis Histoire.
Génie nucléaire Politique gouvernementale États-Unis Histoire.
Military policy
Nuclear engineering Government policy
Nuclear weapons
Kerntechnik
Risiko
Öffentliche Meinung
Kernwapens.
Nuclear weapons United States.
United States Military policy.
États-Unis Politique militaire.
United States
USA

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Oxford University Press, publisher.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293864
Call No.: BIB 239094
Status: Available

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