1986, ISBN: 0029216206

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[EAN: 9780029216200], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Free Press], ALPHA PARTICLES, DESERT ROCK EXERCISES, DISINTEGRATION PER MINUTE, DOOM TOWN, FALLOUT, RADIOACTIVE MIXED PRECIPITATI… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780029216200], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Free Press], ALPHA PARTICLES, DESERT ROCK EXERCISES, DISINTEGRATION PER MINUTE, DOOM TOWN, FALLOUT, RADIOACTIVE MIXED PRECIPITATION, DR. KLAUS FUCHS, GAMMA RAYS, HALF-LIFE, HYDROGEN BOMB, WERNER HEISENBERG, HOTSPOTS ISOTOPES, NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV, LEUKEM, Jacket, A very good tightly bound hardcover with black cloth on boards and gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket has tanning to the inside along the edges. 1st edition and 1st printing. 8vo. Clean text free of marks or underlining. Maps. b&w photo plates. Contains appendixes [4], notes and an index. xii., 547 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Publisher's blurb from front flap, "The atomic blasts of the 1950s and 1960s illuminated the Southeastern desserts, tripped burglar alarms in California, and hurled up billowing clouds of radioactive dust. For twenty years these clouds drifted across America, spoiling unexposed film in Rochester, N.Y., poisoning sheep in Utah, and searing the boot soles of troops on maneuvers just yards from ground zero. Richard Miller's eye-opening book tells the shocking story of those wandering clouds and the radioactive shadow they cast over an entire generation. From the famed "Trinity," created one summer day in 1945 , to "Bravo," the thermonuclear blast that rained radioactive ash on a boat of Japanese fishermen, to the scores of forgotten explosions that scattered deadly fallout from the California coast to the sleepy towns of New England, Under the Could is the first complete history of America's nuclear testing program and the debate and strategies that fuel it. Set against the social and political climate of the '50's and '60s- Korea and the suburban boom, Eisenhower and rock-and-roll, Marilyn Monroe and the Cuban missile crisis- Miller shows how atomic testing became an accepted and integral aspect of American culture. In the unprecedented work he tells of the test planes sent into the roiling clouds to sample radioactive dust, of the military personnel imperiled by experimentation, and the predawn blasts that frightened children from their beds and tainted the milk they drank. Miller also reveals two decades of surreal military trial and error: pigs dressed in Army uniforms to test fiber durability; a hastily built suburban 'Doom Town,' populated by mannequins, that served as a target for testing the effects of nuclear war on the typical American community; and the 'pubic relations detonations' which exposed civilians and reporters to the same awesome atomic power that melted tanks before their eyes. In a series of startling maps, Miller traces the path of the radioactive clouds that crossed the country for two explosive decades. Using clear, concise charts, he illustrated radiation and related precipitation level for many of the 10,000 cities and towns directly affected by test fallout. For each shot, clouds are traced city by city, town by town, to show how they affected us all. Based on data from the federal government's own files, Under the Cloud bears witness to the ignorance, wonder, carelessness, and high purpose which gave rise to the "hottest" era of our time. Gripping, provocative, it is required reading for all who lived under the clouds' dark shadow., Books<

1986, ISBN: 9780029216200

Gebundene Ausgabe

Free Press, 1986. First. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good tightly bound hardcover with black cloth on boards and gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket has tanning to the insid… Mehr…

Free Press, 1986. First. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good tightly bound hardcover with black cloth on boards and gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket has tanning to the inside along the edges. 1st edition and 1st printing. 8vo. Clean text free of marks or underlining. Maps. b&w photo plates. Contains appendixes [4], notes and an index. xii., 547 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Publisher's blurb from front flap, "The atomic blasts of the 1950s and 1960s illuminated the Southeastern desserts, tripped burglar alarms in California, and hurled up billowing clouds of radioactive dust. For twenty years these clouds drifted across America, spoiling unexposed film in Rochester, N.Y., poisoning sheep in Utah, and searing the boot soles of troops on maneuvers just yards from ground zero. Richard Miller's eye-opening book tells the shocking story of those wandering clouds and the radioactive shadow they cast over an entire generation. From the famed "Trinity," created one summer day in 1945 , to "Bravo," the thermonuclear blast that rained radioactive ash on a boat of Japanese fishermen, to the scores of forgotten explosions that scattered deadly fallout from the California coast to the sleepy towns of New England, Under the Could is the first complete history of America's nuclear testing program and the debate and strategies that fuel it. Set against the social and political climate of the '50's and '60s- Korea and the suburban boom, Eisenhower and rock-and-roll, Marilyn Monroe and the Cuban missile crisis- Miller shows how atomic testing became an accepted and integral aspect of American culture. In the unprecedented work he tells of the test planes sent into the roiling clouds to sample radioactive dust, of the military personnel imperiled by experimentation, and the predawn blasts that frightened children from their beds and tainted the milk they drank. Miller also reveals two decades of surreal military trial and error: pigs dressed in Army uniforms to test fiber durability; a hastily built suburban 'Doom Town,' populated by mannequins, that served as a target for testing the effects of nuclear war on the typical American community; and the 'pubic relations detonations' which exposed civilians and reporters to the same awesome atomic power that melted tanks before their eyes. In a series of startling maps, Miller traces the path of the radioactive clouds that crossed the country for two explosive decades. Using clear, concise charts, he illustrated radiation and related precipitation level for many of the 10,000 cities and towns directly affected by test fallout. For each shot, clouds are traced city by city, town by town, to show how they affected us all. Based on data from the federal government's own files, Under the Cloud bears witness to the ignorance, wonder, carelessness, and high purpose which gave rise to the "hottest" era of our time. Gripping, provocative, it is required reading for all who lived under the clouds' dark shadow., Free Press, 1986, 3<

1986, ISBN: 0029216206

[EAN: 9780029216200], Near Fine, [PU: The Free Press, New York, New York], FIRST EDITION, NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING, REDIOACTIVE FALLOUT, UNITED STATES HISTORY, Jacket, NF/VG+/1st ed. Does … Mehr…

[EAN: 9780029216200], Near Fine, [PU: The Free Press, New York, New York], FIRST EDITION, NUCLEAR WEAPONS TESTING, REDIOACTIVE FALLOUT, UNITED STATES HISTORY, Jacket, NF/VG+/1st ed. Does anyone remember the Bomb drills of the early 60s in schools? I did'nt realize until I was an adult that the schools were just trying to control panic until you died. How about that John Wayne and Yul Brynner both died of cancer years after making a movie about Ghengis Khan that was located near a nuclear testing site in the desert(Frank Sinatra and Angie Dickerson were also in the move--did they die of cancer?). However, this book covers the end of WII, and continues throught the Cold War. 574 pages, maps, charts, city list of selected trajectores, maps of fallout trajectories, notes and index. Author owns and operates a Houston based firm specializing in enviromental and toxicological investigations. Books is clean, tight and has no wear, no marking or soiling. Black buckram over boards with gold lettering on spine. Dust Jacket has a large chip( half a dime) missing on the back panel at lower corner. Price intact and jacket covered by a removable mylar sleeve. Hey, I'm not that old---really I'm not!, Books<