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Scheibach, Michael. Atomic Narratives and American Youth: Coming of Age with the Atom, 1945-1955.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
Sept. 2003. 294p. Illus. index. McFarland, paper, $35 (0-7864-1566-5). 305.235.
How did government agencies, educators, parents, and the media tell the story of the atomic bomb to young people in the immediate aftermath of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and what impact did the advent of nuclear weapons have on American youth? Historian Scheibach tackles this profoundly important, often overlooked aspect of society by surveying a decade's worth of factual and fictional "atomic narratives." Discerning and rigorous, he samples and analyzes a wealth of material, ranging from ludicrous civil-defense brochures to the optimistic agendas of hastily formed atomic ...
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