Chain Reaction: Expert Debate and Public Participation in American Commercial Nuclear Power 1945 1975

by Brian Balogh

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Chain Reaction seeks to explain how and why America came to depend so heavily on its experts after World War II, how those experts translated that authority into political clout, and why that authority and political discretion declined in the 1970s. Brian Balogh's pathbreaking research into the internal memoranda of the Atomic Energy Commission substantiates his arguments in impressive historical detail.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:052145736X

ISBN13:9780521457361

Release Date:November 1993

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:356 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"

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