Author: CARUCCI LAURENCE
Publisher: Routledge Ltd
ISSN: 0093-8157
Source: Reviews in Anthropology, Vol.40, Iss.2, 2011-04, pp. : 134-164
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Abstract
Joseph Masco suggests that nuclear weapons have become the icon of American technological superiority in the post-World War II era, and that their manufacture has transformed our worldview. Insofar as this is true, the production, testing, and use of such weapons has exposed the United States of America's experiment in freedom and equality to some of its most brilliant and most tarnished moments. The five volumes considered in this review explore some of the reflections from that patina and uncover many layers of tarnish that accompanied the transformation of the United States into a nuclear super-power.
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