News zero : the New York times and the bomb / Beverly Deepe Keever
- Author:
- Keever, Beverly Deepe
- Additional Titles:
- New York times and the bomb
- Published:
- Monroe, Me. : Common Courage Press, [2004]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2004
- Physical Description:
- 374 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 23 cm
- Contents:
- pt. 1. 1945-1962. Introduction: neutrons, news, news zero. The New York times as propaganda organ : what made it the ideal outlet. Conflicts of interest behind and beyond the "atomic curtain" : the bomb as a Second Coming of Christ yarn. News Zero from the first ground zeroes. From orality to infernos : "These were the forgotten people." Building a superpower by standing on the shoulders of native peoples. The Times defines its duty : "We must accept our destiny as the defender of the free world. The lost millennia : from here to near-eternity. "Standing at the gates of hell looking into eternity." Americans "are smart at doing stupid things"; H-bomb's biggest fallout in U.S. history (but not in the Times) -- pt. 2. 1980-2004. "The only victims of U.S. nuclear arms since World War II have been our own people." Conclusion: News Zero and the next rough drafts of history.
- Subject(s):
- Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970
- Laurence, William L., 1888-1977
- New York times—Press coverage
- New York times
- Atomic bomb—United States—History
- Atomic bomb—Press coverage—United States—History
- Atomic bomb—Government policy—United States—History
- Atomic bomb—Moral and ethical aspects—United States
- Nuclear weapons—Marshall Islands—Testing—Press coverage
- Nuclear weapons—United States—History
- Nuclear weapons—Press coverage—United States—History
- Nuclear weapons—Government policy—United States—History
- Nuclear weapons—United States—Testing—History
- Nuclear weapons testing victims—Marshall Islands—Press coverage
- Nuclear weapons—Health aspects—United States
- Nuclear weapons—Environmental aspects—United States
- Nuclear weapons—Moral and ethical aspects—United States
- Hydrogen bomb—Government policy—United States—History
- Deception—Political aspects—United States
- Government and the press—United States—History
- Journalistic ethics—United States
- Press and politics—United States
- United States—Military policy
- United States—Politics and government—1945-1989
- United States—Politics and government—1989-
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan)—History—Bombardment, 1945
- Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands)
- Marshall Islands
- ISBN:
- 1567512828 (pbk.)
1567512836 - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [352]-365) and index.
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