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03696aam a2200409 i 4500 001 2997B9C280FD11EDBDE4B17F33ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221221010031 008 201121s2021 nyuaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020039419 020 $a 019752690X 020 $a 9780197526903 035 $a (OCoLC)1197725497 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d TOH $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d YDX $d AMH $d F3N $d OCLCO $d GYG $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HD9698.U52 $b H25 2021 082 00 $a 338.4/762345119097309045 $2 23 100 1 $a Hamblin, Jacob Darwin, $e author. 245 14 $a The Wretched atom : $b America's global gamble with peaceful nuclear technology / $c Jacob Darwin Hamblin. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2021] 300 $a x, 314 pages (18 unnumbered pages of illustrations): $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Conclusion: The cornucopian illusion. $t A thousand years into one -- $t Forgetting the bad dreams of the past -- $t Colored and white atoms -- $t Turf wars and green revolutions -- $t Water, blood, and the nuclear club -- $t Nuclear mosques and monuments -- $t The era of distrust -- $t Conclusion: The cornucopian illusion. 520 $a "After the Second World War, the United States offered a new kind of atom that differed from the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This atom would cure diseases, produce new foods, make deserts bloom, and provide abundant energy for all. It was an atom destined for the formerly colonized, recently occupied, and mostly non-white parts of the world that were dubbed the "wretched of the earth" by Frantz Fanon. The "peaceful atom" had so much propaganda potential that President Dwight Eisenhower used it to distract the world from his plan to test even bigger thermonuclear weapons. His scientists said the peaceful atom would quicken the pulse of nature, speeding nations along the path of economic development and helping them to escape the clutches of disease, famine, and energy shortfalls. That promise became one of the most misunderstood political weapons of the twentieth century. It was adopted by every subsequent US president to exert leverage over other nations' weapons programs, to corner world markets of uranium and thorium, and to secure petroleum supplies. Other countries embraced it, building reactors and training experts. Atomic promises were embedded in Japan's postwar recovery, Ghana's pan-Africanism, Israel's quest for survival, Pakistan's brinksmanship with India, and Iran's pursuit of nuclear independence. As The Wretched Atom shows, promoting civilian atomic energy was an immense gamble, and it was never truly peaceful. American promises ended up exporting violence and peace in equal measure. While the United States promised peace and plenty, it planted the seeds of dependency and set in motion the creation of today's expanded nuclear club"---Provided by publisher. 536 $a Purchased with grant funds from the State Library of Iowa and Institute of Museum and Library Services 610 $a ARPA Grant 650 0 $a Nuclear industry $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Nuclear energy $x Government policy $z United States. 650 0 $a Nuclear energy $x Economic aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Nuclear nonproliferation $x International cooperation. 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign relations $y 20th century 651 0 $a United States $x Foreign economic relations 941 $a 1 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20221221010144.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2997B9C280FD11EDBDE4B17F33ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b IX2Initiate Another SILO Locator Search