{"product_id":"atomic-doctors-james-l-nolan-9780674248632","title":"Atomic Doctors: Conscience and Complicity at the Dawn of the Nuclear Age","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn unflinching examination of the moral and professional dilemmas faced by physicians who took part in the Manhattan Project.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of private family materials. To his surprise, the small secret archive contained a treasure trove of information about his grandfather's role as a doctor in the Manhattan Project. Dr. Nolan, it turned out, had been a significant figure. A talented ob-gyn radiologist, he cared for the scientists on the project, organized safety and evacuation plans for the Trinity test at Alamogordo, escorted the \"Little Boy\" bomb from Los Alamos to the Pacific Islands, and was one of the first Americans to enter the irradiated ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eParticipation on the project challenged Dr. Nolan's instincts as a healer. He and his medical colleagues were often conflicted, torn between their duty and desire to win the war and their oaths to protect life. \u003ci\u003eAtomic Doctors\u003c\/i\u003e follows these physicians as they sought to maximize the health and safety of those exposed to nuclear radiation, all the while serving leaders determined to minimize delays and maintain secrecy. Called upon both to guard against the harmful effects of radiation and to downplay its hazards, doctors struggled with the ethics of ending the deadliest of all wars using the most lethal of all weapons. Their work became a very human drama of ideals, co-optation, and complicity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA vital and vivid account of a largely unknown chapter in atomic history, \u003ci\u003eAtomic Doctors\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound meditation on the moral dilemmas that ordinary people face in extraordinary times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James L. Nolan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674248635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674248632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2020","brand":"James L. Nolan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046178189567,"sku":"9780674248632","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bccb8ad6-eb5f-4302-88d1-f42add7ac429.jpg?v=1684983086","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/atomic-doctors-james-l-nolan-9780674248632","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}