Georgia Southern University
The Bombs Bursting In Air: A History Of The Effects of Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons Testing On Washington County, Utah, 1951-1963
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This thesis explores the effects of atmospheric nuclear weapons tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site from 1951-1962 on Washington County, Utah, specifically focusing on the effects of these detonations on the local population, the local flora and fauna, and the ensuing impact of political and economic forces. While some Americans readily concede that these tests were necessary for the survival of the United States in the face of Soviet nuclear aggression, other Americans (notably, those who were most closely affected) do not share such a patriotic view of the government’s conduct in performing such extensive and damaging experiments. Therefore, the historical philosophy behind the compulsion to treat the deserts of the American Southwest (and the populations that inhabit them and the surrounding areas) as expendable resources, valuable only insofar as they serve economic, militaristic, or propagandistic purposes for the Federal government is examined.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts in History (M.A.)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis (open access)
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Department of History
- Year dc:date.available
- 2014
Author and committee
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- Bridges, Paul W, II
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- William Thomas Allison
- Cathy Skidmore-Hess
Subjects
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dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1080
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu:etd-2089