The American Atom; A documentary History of Nuclear Policies from the Discovery of Fission to the Present 1939-1984
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1984. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xv, [1], 333, [1] pages. Index. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Chapters include The Nuclear Age: Background and Visions; The Manhattan Project; Atomic Energy in the Postwar World; The Hydrogen Bomb; The Oppenheimer Case; Nuclear Testing and the Test Ban, Deterrence, Arms Control, and Nuclear Power. 73 documents are addressed throughout this work. Robert C. Williams was a writer, historian, and educator. Williams College, Williamstown, MA, assistant professor of history, 1965-70, assistant to the provost, 1968-70; Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1970—, began as associate professor, became professor of history and dean. Philip Luis Cantelon (born 1940) is the co-founder and CEO of History Associates Incorporated and a leading pioneer in the field of applied history. He previously taught contemporary American history at Williams College, and is a founding member of the National Council on Public History and the Society for History in the Federal Government. Cantelon is an expert on oral history, foundations, business and institutional history, as well as the history of deregulation. More