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Summary:

In the fall of 1961, President Kennedy somberly warned Americans about deadly radioactive fallout clouds extending hundreds of miles from H-bomb detonations, yet he approved ninety-six US nuclear weapon tests for 1962. Cold War nuclear testing, production, and disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima have exposed millions to dangerous radioactive particles; these are the global hibakusha. Many communities continue to be plagued with dire legacies and ongoing risks: sickness and early mortality, forced displacement, uncertainty and anxiety, dislocation from ancestors and traditional lifestyles, and contamination of food sources and ecosystems. Robert A. Jacobs re-envisions the history of the Cold War as a slow nuclear war, fought on remote battlegrounds against populations powerless to prevent the contamination of their lands and bodies. His comprehensive account necessitates a profound rethinking of the meaning, costs, and legacies of our embrace of nuclear weapons and technologies.

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, Robert A. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Nuclear bodies: the global Hibakusha [by Jacobs, R.A.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Nuclear Bodies [by Jacobs, R.A.] (New Haven : Yale University Press,c2022 — ISBN 9780300230338)

Subjects:

Radioactive fallout

Radioactive pollution

Nuclear weapons — Testing

General Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed February 14, 2022).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

TD196.R3 J33 2022eb

ISBNs:

9780300265286 (electronic book)
030026528X (electronic book)

Other Control Numbers:

3173870 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp17679892