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At Work in the Fields of the Bomb
A book about the US nuclear weapons program.
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First published January 1, 1987
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December 11, 2008
WOW, what a great find for $5 used! Far more interesting than the similarly-themed coffee table book 100 Suns (which largely reproduces widely-available photos released by the DOE etc, and known to all nuke fans -- hell, I've got a poster of one of them (Shot Upshot-Knothole Badger)), Tredici has 100 great images, some shocking, some stunning, some sublime:
- Amazing pictures of the Nevada Test Site's line-of-sight "first light" tunnels
- A shot of the Trestle EMP testbed
- NORAD blast door pictures and silo internals (yes, it looks just like WarGames)
The introduction has this great quote:
A note of blankness is present also in the photograph of, and interview with, two Minuteman missileers. Asked to rehearse a launch, they perform in perfect clockwork, but when asked what they would do after the missiles had been released, they falter: "Well, um, we have, um, other procedures to go through....We'd remain on alert until, um, basically until we were told not to be." Belgianrofls!
Anyway, I highly recommend this to all nuclear weaponeers, all those retired from the game, and anyone interested in getting into defense of an unstable peace. Remember: whatever you say about uncontrolled thermonuclear burn, we have had the longest period of major-power stability in quite some time, and nuclear weapons are IMHO to thank for it. Onward, atomic soldiers!
- Amazing pictures of the Nevada Test Site's line-of-sight "first light" tunnels
- A shot of the Trestle EMP testbed
- NORAD blast door pictures and silo internals (yes, it looks just like WarGames)
The introduction has this great quote:
A note of blankness is present also in the photograph of, and interview with, two Minuteman missileers. Asked to rehearse a launch, they perform in perfect clockwork, but when asked what they would do after the missiles had been released, they falter: "Well, um, we have, um, other procedures to go through....We'd remain on alert until, um, basically until we were told not to be." Belgianrofls!
Anyway, I highly recommend this to all nuclear weaponeers, all those retired from the game, and anyone interested in getting into defense of an unstable peace. Remember: whatever you say about uncontrolled thermonuclear burn, we have had the longest period of major-power stability in quite some time, and nuclear weapons are IMHO to thank for it. Onward, atomic soldiers!
July 10, 2010
Facinating photo documentary of the US nuclear weapons industry. I liked this so much that I re purchased this in 2005 to replace my original copy which I lost sometime in mid 90's. The images may appear mundane (factory workers, buildings, portraits of scientists all in B&W) however the context and the captions can startle you. Gives an non sensational workaday look at how society can stumble towards Armageddon. Recalls the chill of the cold war.
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