Terror as normality

Reflecting on two US-engineered Cold War programs and plans, the author finds how terror, over past decades, has become a normal element in everyday US life. The historic period that saw the Corona satellite and the Single Integrated Operational Plan come to light, the author argues, taught American...

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Published in:Bulletin of the atomic scientists 2013-11, Vol.69 (6), p.26-32
Main Author: Masco, Joseph P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
atomic bomb
Cold War
Corona satellite
Gaither Committee
Manhattan Project
nuclear weapons
Satellites
Single Integrated Operational Plan
SIOP
Soviet Union
United States
War
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Summary:Reflecting on two US-engineered Cold War programs and plans, the author finds how terror, over past decades, has become a normal element in everyday US life. The historic period that saw the Corona satellite and the Single Integrated Operational Plan come to light, the author argues, taught Americans to be committed to total war as a precondition for everyday life-while locating death as exterior to the nation.
ISSN:0096-3402
1938-3282
DOI:10.1177/0096340213508631