Nuclear Bodies The Global Hibakusha
Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha by Robert A. Jacobs, published by Yale University Press in January 2022, is a detailed examination of the Cold War framed as a limited nuclear war. This edition spans 318 pages and is presented in English. Jacobs explores the consequences of nuclear testing and disasters, highlighting the plight of millions exposed to radioactive fallout and the ongoing impacts on their communities.
In this book, readers will find a thorough analysis of the historical and social ramifications of nuclear weapons, focusing on the experiences of those affected by radiation, including health issues and environmental contamination. Jacobs presents a narrative that challenges conventional perceptions of the Cold War, urging a reconsideration of the costs associated with nuclear technologies. The work addresses themes of displacement, mortality, and the long-term legacies of nuclear warfare, making it a significant contribution to discussions in military science, history, and social science.
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The Cold War reconsidered as a limited nuclear war
“[A] grimly important analysis of the cold war.”–Andrew Robinson, Nature
“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 In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century’s End
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.
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.
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