{"product_id":"nuclear-bodies-robert-a-jacobs-9780300230338","title":"Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Cold War reconsidered as a limited nuclear war \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] grimly important analysis of the cold war.\"--Andrew Robinson, \u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Inexorable clarity and care for his fellow humans mark Robert Jacobs's guide to the Cold War as a limited nuclear war, whose harms disfigure any possible future.\"--Norma Field, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century's End\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the fall of 1961, President Kennedy somberly warned Americans about deadly radioactive fallout clouds extending hundreds of miles from H-bomb detonations, yet he approved ninety-six U.S. nuclear weapon tests for 1962. Cold War nuclear testing, production, and disasters like Chernobyl and Fukushima have exposed millions to dangerous radioactive particles; these millions are the global hibakusha. Many communities continue to be plagued with dire legacies and ongoing risks: sickness and early mortality, forced displacement, uncertainty and anxiety, dislocation from ancestors and traditional lifestyles, and contamination of food sources and ecosystems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Robert A. Jacobs re-envisions the history of the Cold War as a slow nuclear war, fought on remote battlegrounds against populations powerless to prevent the contamination of their lands and bodies. His comprehensive account necessitates a profound rethinking of the meaning, costs, and legacies of our embrace of nuclear weapons and technologies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert A. Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300230338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300230338\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/29\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.37h x 6.06w x 1.26d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2022","brand":"Robert A. Jacobs","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43996061237503,"sku":"9780300230338","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_24017029-5f23-4bfa-9e98-fa58466af3c0.jpg?v=1683339472","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nuclear-bodies-robert-a-jacobs-9780300230338","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}