{"product_id":"9781572336483","title":"The Atomic Bomb and American Society: New Perspectives","description":"\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on the latest research on the atomic bomb and its history, the\u003cbr\u003econtributors to this provocative collection of eighteen essays set out to\u003cbr\u003eanswer two key questions: First, how did the atomic bomb,  a product\u003cbr\u003eof unprecedented technological innovation, rapid industrial-scale\u003cbr\u003emanufacturing, and unparalleled military deployment shape U.S. foreign\u003cbr\u003epolicy, the communities of workers who produced it, and society as a\u003cbr\u003ewhole? And second, how has American society's perception that the the bomb is a means of military deterrence in the Cold War era\u003cbr\u003eevolve under the influence of mass media, scientists, public intellectuals,\u003cbr\u003eand even the entertainment industry?\u003cp\u003eIn answering these questions, The Atomic Bomb and American Society sheds\u003cbr\u003elight on the collaboration of science and the military in creating the bomb;\u003cbr\u003ethe role of women working at Los Alamos; the transformation of nuclear\u003cbr\u003ephysicists into public intellectuals as the reality of the bomb came into\u003cbr\u003ewidespread consciousness; the revolutionary change in military strategy\u003cbr\u003efollowing the invention of the bomb and the development of Cold War\u003cbr\u003eideology; the image of the bomb that was conveyed in the popular media; and\u003cbr\u003ethe connection of the bomb to the commemoration of World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs it illuminates the cultural, social, political, environmental, and\u003cbr\u003ehistorical effects of the creation of the atomic bomb, this volume\u003cbr\u003econtributes to our understanding of how democratic institutions can coexist\u003cbr\u003ewith a technology that affects everyone, even if only a few are empowered to\u003cbr\u003emanage it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosemary B. Mariner is formerly Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair and Professor of\u003cbr\u003eMilitary Studies for the National War College. She is currently a lecturer\u003cbr\u003ein history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eG. Kurt Piehler is associate professor of history and former director of the\u003cbr\u003eCenter for the Study of War and Society at the University of Tennessee,\u003cbr\u003eKnoxville, which hosted the conference that formed the basis of this volume.\u003cbr\u003eHe is the author of Remembering War the American Way and World War II in the American Soldiers' Lives Series as well as the coeditor, with John Whiteclay Chambers II, of Major Problems in American Military History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Tennessee Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050517479664,"sku":"9781572336483","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781572336483_p0.jpg?v=1763767591","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781572336483","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}