LEADER 02657cam a22003738i 4500003 hubpceuo 005 20211217135842.0 006 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 007 ta 008 200722s2021 ilu b 001 0 eng 010 2020033052 020 9780226020389 |q(cloth) 020 |z9780226020419 |q(ebook) 040 ICU/DLC |beng |erda |cDLC 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 U264.3 |b.W45 2021 082 00 623.4/51190973 |223 100 1 Wellerstein, Alex, |eauthor. 245 10 Restricted data : |bthe history of nuclear secrecy in the United States / |cAlex Wellerstein. 260 Chicago ; London : |bUniversity of Chicago Press, |c2021. 300 549 p. |b24 cm. 337 unmediated 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 "Nuclear weapons, since their conception, have been the subject of secrecy. In the months after the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the American scientific establishment, the American government, and the American public all wrestled with what was called the "problem of secrecy," wondering not only whether secrecy was appropriate and effective as a means of controlling this new technology but also whether it was compatible with the country's core values. Out of a messy context of propaganda, confusion, spy scares, and the grave counsel of competing groups of scientists, what historian Alex Wellerstein calls a "new regime of secrecy" was put into place. It was unlike any other previous or since. Nuclear secrets were given their own unique legal designation in American law ("restricted data"), one that operates differently than all other forms of national security classification and exists to this day. Drawing on massive amounts of declassified files, including records released by the government for the first time at the author's request, Restricted Data is a narrative account of nuclear secrecy and the tensions and uncertainty that built as the Cold War continued. In the US, both science and democracy are pitted against nuclear secrecy, and this makes its history uniquely compelling and timely"-- 650 0 Nuclear weapons information, American |xAccess control. 650 0 Defense information, Classified |zUnited States. 880 |6245 942 |2ddc |cBK 952 |00 |10 |2ddc |40 |6623_400000000000000_51190973_WEL |70 |8REF |9155652OSA |bOSA |d2021-12-17 |eOSA |l0 |o623.4/51190973 WEL |r2021-12-17 |w2021-12-17 |yBK |cReference 920 01 jeGbRjYN 992 01 623_400000000000000_51190973_WEL |bTXW_VZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ_UYYQZQSW_3LE 966 |cIn the Research Room