TY - BOOK AU - Nolan Jr,James L. TI - Atomic Doctors SN - 9780674249448 AV - R725.5 .N65 2020eb U1 - 174.2 23 PY - 2020///] CY - Cambridge, MA : PB - Harvard University Press, KW - Atomic bomb KW - Japan KW - History KW - 20th century KW - United States KW - Medical ethics KW - Nolan, James F.,-1915-1983 KW - HISTORY / Military / World War II KW - bisacsh KW - Bikini Island KW - Enewetak Island KW - Enola Gay KW - Fat Man KW - James F. Nolan KW - Los Alamos KW - Louis Hempelmann KW - Marshall Islands KW - Operation Crossroads KW - Plutonium Files KW - Plutonium injections KW - Site Y KW - Stafford Warren KW - Takashi Nagai KW - Tickling the dragon’s tail KW - USS Indianapolis N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1 Life at Los Alamos --; 2 The Trinity Test --; 3 Delivering Little Boy --; 4 Hiroshima --; 5 Tokyo and Nagasaki --; 6 Managing Radiation and the Radiation Narrative --; 7 Bikini and Enewetak --; 8 Dr. Nolan and the Quandary of Technique --; 9 1983 --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Illustration Credits --; Index; restricted access N2 - An unflinching examination of the moral and professional dilemmas faced by physicians who took part in the Manhattan Project.After his father died, James L. Nolan, Jr., took possession of a box of private family materials. To his surprise, the small secret archive contained a treasure trove of information about his grandfather’s role as a doctor in the Manhattan Project. Dr. Nolan, it turned out, had been a significant figure. A talented ob-gyn radiologist, he cared for the scientists on the project, organized safety and evacuation plans for the Trinity test at Alamogordo, escorted the “Little Boy” bomb from Los Alamos to the Pacific Islands, and was one of the first Americans to enter the irradiated ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.Participation on the project challenged Dr. Nolan’s instincts as a healer. He and his medical colleagues were often conflicted, torn between their duty and desire to win the war and their oaths to protect life. Atomic Doctors follows these physicians as they sought to maximize the health and safety of those exposed to nuclear radiation, all the while serving leaders determined to minimize delays and maintain secrecy. Called upon both to guard against the harmful effects of radiation and to downplay its hazards, doctors struggled with the ethics of ending the deadliest of all wars using the most lethal of all weapons. Their work became a very human drama of ideals, co-optation, and complicity.A vital and vivid account of a largely unknown chapter in atomic history, Atomic Doctors is a profound meditation on the moral dilemmas that ordinary people face in extraordinary times UR - https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674249448?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674249448 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674249448/original ER -