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almahu_9949481284702882
Format:
1 online resource (320 p.) :
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24 b-w illus.
ISBN:
9780300265286
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9783110993899
Content:
The Cold War reconsidered as a limited nuclear war "Inexorable clarity and care for his fellow humans mark Robert Jacobs's guide to the Cold War as a limited nuclear war, whose harms disfigure any possible future."-Norma Field, author of In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century's End 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 millions 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.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Acknowledgments --
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Abbreviations --
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Introduction: Irradiated and Invisible --
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PART I Technicalities --
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1 Hypocenter --
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2 The Particles That Remain --
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PART II People --
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3 Falling Apart Inside --
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4 Cloaking Contamination --
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PART III Warlords --
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5 Selecting the Irradiated --
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6 The Cold War Was a Limited Nuclear War --
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PART IV Heirs --
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7 The Slow-Motion Nuclear War --
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Afterword: Opening Our Eyes --
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Notes --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
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EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
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EBOOK PACKAGE History 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110992939
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Yale University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110749779
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
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General works
DOI:
10.12987/9780300265286
URL:
https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300265286?locatt=mode:legacy
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780300265286
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