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      Paperback Life Under a Cloud: American Anxiety about the Atom Book
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      ISBN: 0252067738

      ISBN13: 9780252067730

      Life Under a Cloud: AMERICAN ANXIETY ABOUT THE ATOM

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      Book Overview

      Presents an account of the impact of the atomic bomb on American political and cultural life. This title delineates how fears of nuclear disaster have become a part of our culture. Tracing the debate over military and civilian uses of atomic power, it reveals the irony, anxiety, and official insanity of the atomic age.

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      Life Under A Cloud a very good read.

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      Allan M. Winkler's 'Life Under A Cloud' is a well-researched book and an exceptionally good read. It has great notes and a fabulous bibliography that helped enlarge my nuclear library. As a long-time student of the Cold War and nuclear weapons, Winkler's well-written, easily understood book gave me a concise perspective of where we've been in the arms race and shows hope for tomorrow if only people would take a stand as...

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