| Place: | Knoxville |
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| Publisher: | University of Tennessee Press | Year: | 2009 |
Ed. Rosemary B. Mariner, G. Kurt Piehler. The Atomic Bomb and American Society: New Perspectives . Knoxville, University of Tennessee Press, 2009.
A collection of 18 essays in which authors discuss two research questions: (1) How was the atomic bomb so rapidly developed, manufactured, and used in U.S. foreign policy? (2) How have the mass media, scientists, public intellectuals, and the entertainment industry influenced American society’s perception of the bomb?