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Author:

Keever, Beverly Deepe.

Title:

News zero : the New York times and the bomb / Beverly Deepe Keever.

Publisher:

Common Courage Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

374 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Groves, Leslie R.,--1896-1970.
Laurence, William Leonard,--1888-
New York times--Press coverage.
New York times
Atomic bomb--United States--History.
Atomic bomb--History.--United States--History.
Atomic bomb--History.--United States--History.
Atomic bomb--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Nuclear weapons--Marshall Islands--Press coverage.--Press coverage.
Nuclear weapons--United States--History.
Nuclear weapons--History.--United States--History.
Nuclear weapons--History.--United States--History.
Nuclear weapons--United States--History.--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--History.--United States--History.
Deception--Political aspects--United States.
Government and the press--United States--History.
Journalistic ethics--United States.
Press and politics--United States.
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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [352]-365) and index.

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.

ISBN:

9781567512830
1567512836
9781567512823 (pbk.)
1567512828 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56955178

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)