Did you ever wonder how the U.S. croak from inventing atomic weapons in the 1940s to having a full - scale nuclear weapon industriousness a decade after ? Ever want to see an atomic test site ? marvel where they make weapons - ground level uranium ? Ponder the current body politic of the U.S. atomic reserve ? Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger ’s recent book , A Nuclear Family Vacation , has the answers .
A Nuclear Family Vacation : change of location in the World of Atomic Weaponry is like a travelogue / history deterrent example / geopolitical thriller that trace the development of U.S. atomic facilities across the nation and tissue it together with the uncertainty of today ’s atomic incubus . Hodge and Weinberger visited missile silos and uranium plants , traveled to Iran , and explored several old test sites near Las Vegas and in New Mexico . This is n’t just a usher to atomic tourism – they discuss controversial proposition for expanding American nuclear stockpiles and resuming American nuclear testing .
The book makes an excellent familiar small-arm to Trinity and Beyond , the Shatner - narrated documentary of U.S. atomic testing that is long on sensational HD mushroom cloud cloud but a little short on elaborated selective information . you may listen to Hodge and Weinberger talk aboutA Nuclear Family VacationonNPR ’s Fresh Air . Image by : Bloomsbury USA .
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