A radical geography of nuclear warfare.
Disarming Doomsday explores the secret history of nuclear weapons by studying the places they build and tear apart, from Los Alamos to Hiroshima. It looks at the legacy of nuclear imperialism from weapons testing on Christmas Island and across the South Pacific, as well as the lasting harm this has caused to indigenous communities and the soldiers that conducted the tests.
For the first time, these complex geographies are tied together. Disarming Doomsday takes us forward, describing how geographers and geotechnology continue to shape nuclear war, and, perhaps, help to prevent it.
Becky-Alexis Martin is a lecturer in Cultural and Political Geography at Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the author of ming Doomsday (Pluto, 2019).
'What's louder than an atom bomb? The deafening silence that surrounds the apathy our contemporary culture has for the prospect of nuclear annihilation. 'Disarming Doomsday' awakens our sensibilities to the symbolic and actual violence of nuclear war.' - Simon Springer, author of 'The Anarchist Roots of Geography'
'A true gem - an unparalleled glimpse into the lives of global communities still deeply impacted by atomic technologies. Wonderful for teaching or developing a grounded understanding of this immense history' - Stephanie A. Malin author of 'The Price of Nuclear Power: Uranium Communities and Environmental Justice'
'An informed and insightful account of contemporary nuclear issues which proposes a geographically-centred analysis of the causes and consequences of nuclear warfare' - Rachel Woodward, author of 'Military Geographies'
Definitions and Abbreviations
1. The Radical Geography of Nuclear Warfare
2. A Secret History
3. The Mystery of the X-Ray Hands
4. After Nuclear Imperialism
5. After Nuclear War
6. Strange Cartographies and War Games
7. Spaces of Irregularity
8. Spaces of Peace
9. Future War Zones
Hardcover ISBN: 9780745339214
eBook ISBN: 9781786804396
192 pages
135mm x 215mm