News zero
Subtitle: the New York times and the bomb
By: Beverly Deepe Keever.
Publisher: Common Courage Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Monroe, Me
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
Subjects: Groves, Leslie R., 1896-1970; Laurence, William Leonard, 1888-; New York times -- Press coverage; New York times; Atomic bomb -- United States -- History; Atomic bomb -- Press coverage -- United States -- History; Atomic bomb -- Government policy -- United States -- History; Atomic bomb -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Nuclear weapons -- Marshall Islands -- Testing -- Press coverage; Nuclear weapons -- United States -- History; Nuclear weapons -- Press coverage -- United States -- History; Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States -- History; Nuclear weapons -- United States -- Testing -- History; Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Marshall Islands -- Press coverage; Nuclear weapons -- Health aspects -- United States; Nuclear weapons -- Environmental aspects -- United States; Nuclear weapons -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States; Hydrogen bomb -- Government policy -- United States -- History; Deception -- Political aspects -- United States; Government and the press -- United States -- History; Journalistic ethics -- United States; Press and politics -- United States; United States -- Military policy; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989; United States -- Politics and government -- 1989-; Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945; Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands); Marshall Islands
Other titles: New York times and the bomb
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [352]-365) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. 1945-1962. Introduction: neutrons, news, news zero. The New York times as propaganda organ : what made it the ideal outlet. Conflicts of interest behind and beyond the "atomic curtain" : the bomb as a Second Coming of Christ yarn. News Zero from the first ground zeroes. From orality to infernos : "These were the forgotten people." Building a superpower by standing on the shoulders of native peoples. The Times defines its duty : "We must accept our destiny as the defender of the free world. The lost millennia : from here to near-eternity. "Standing at the gates of hell looking into eternity." Americans "are smart at doing stupid things"; H-bomb's biggest fallout in U.S. history (but not in the Times); title: pt. 2. 1980-2004. "The only victims of U.S. nuclear arms since World War II have been our own people." Conclusion: News Zero and the next rough drafts of history.