Disarming Doomsday: The Human Impact of Nuclear Weapons since Hiroshima - Couverture souple

Alexis-Martin, Becky

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0745339204 ISBN 13 : 9780745339207

Editeur : Pluto Press, 2019

Synopsis

Since the first atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima, the history of nuclear warfare has been tangled with the spaces and places of scientific research and weapons testing, armament and disarmament, pacifism and proliferation. Nuclear geography gives us the tools to understand these events, and the extraordinary human cost of nuclear weapons. Disarming Doomsday explores the secret history of nuclear weapons by studying the places they build and tear apart, from Los Alamos to Hiroshima. It looks at the legacy of nuclear imperialism from weapons testing on Christmas Island and across the South Pacific, as well as the lasting harm this has caused to indigenous communities and the soldiers that conducted the tests. For the first time, these complex geographies are tied together. Disarming Doomsday takes us forward, describing how geographers and geotechnology continue to shape nuclear war, and, perhaps, help to prevent it.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Becky-Alexis Martin is a senior research fellow in human geography and a principal investigator for the Nuclear Families Project at the University of Southampton. She also leads the Migration & Development and Environment & Development undergraduate modules in Geography at the University of Winchester.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pluto Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745339204
• ISBN 13: 9780745339207
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 184
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• Personne responsable: non disponible