Wretched Atom
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Wretched Atom
America's Global Gamble with Peaceful Nuclear Technology
Hamblin, Jacob Darwin
Oxford University Press Inc
12/2021
328
Dura
Inglês
9780197526903
15 a 20 dias
582
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"Peaceful nuclear technology...was presented to the world as atonement for the nuclear sins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Clean and cheap nuclear power would make deserts bloom and eradicate poverty. These goals were never realized, and, Hamblin argues, they were never meant to be...Hamblin...portrays countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America as abiding by US rules in hopes of receiving potentially liberating technology only to
have these hopes dashed by imperialist attitudes and interests...Hamblin's ability to endow this overlooked topic with coherence and meaning is nothing short of brilliant." -- Paul Rubinson, American
Historical Review
have these hopes dashed by imperialist attitudes and interests...Hamblin's ability to endow this overlooked topic with coherence and meaning is nothing short of brilliant." -- Paul Rubinson, American
Historical Review
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"Peaceful nuclear technology...was presented to the world as atonement for the nuclear sins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Clean and cheap nuclear power would make deserts bloom and eradicate poverty. These goals were never realized, and, Hamblin argues, they were never meant to be...Hamblin...portrays countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America as abiding by US rules in hopes of receiving potentially liberating technology only to
have these hopes dashed by imperialist attitudes and interests...Hamblin's ability to endow this overlooked topic with coherence and meaning is nothing short of brilliant." -- Paul Rubinson, American
Historical Review
have these hopes dashed by imperialist attitudes and interests...Hamblin's ability to endow this overlooked topic with coherence and meaning is nothing short of brilliant." -- Paul Rubinson, American
Historical Review
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.