By the Bomb's Early Light

Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
One. First Reactions
	1. “The Whole World Gasped”
Two. Overture: The World-Government Movement
	2. The Summons to Action
	3. Atomic-Bomb Nightmares and World-Government Dreams
Three. The Atomic Scientists: From Bomb-Makers to Political Sages
	4. The Political Agenda of the Scientists\' Movement
	5. To the Village Square”: The Public Agenda of the Scientists\' Movement
	6. The Uses of Fear
	7. Representative Text: One World or None
	8. The Mixed Message of Bikini
	9. The Scientists\' Movement in Eclipse
Four. Anodyne to Terror: Fantasies of a Techno-Atomic Utopia
	10. Atomic Cars; Artificial Suns, Cancer-Curing Isotopes: The Search for a Silver Lining
	11. Bright Dreams and Disturbing Realities: The Psychological Function of the Atomic-Utopia Visions
Five: The Social Implications of Atomic Energy: Prophecies and Prescriptions
	12. Optimistic Forecasts
	13. Darker Social Visions
	14. Experts and Ideologues Offer Their Prescriptions
	15. Social Science into the Breach
Six: The Crisis of Morals and Values
	16. Justifications, Rationalizations, Evasions: Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the American Conscience
	17. “Victory for What?”— The Voice of the Minority
	18. Atomic Weapons and Judeo-Christian Ethics: The Discourse Begins
	19. Human Nature, Technological Man, the Apocalyptic Tradition
Seven: Culture and Consciousness in the Early Atomic Era
	20. Words Fail: The Bomb and the Literary Imagination
	21. Visions of the Atomic Future in Science Fiction and Speculative Fantasy
	22. Second Thoughts About Prometheus: The Atomic Bomb and Attitudes Toward Science
	23. Psychological Fallout: Consciousness and the Bomb
Eight. The End of the Beginning: Settling in for the Long Haul
	24. Dagwood to the Rescue: The Campaign to Promote the ‘Peaceful Atom”
	25. Secrecy and Soft Soap: Soothing Fears of the Bomb
	26. The Reassuring Message of Civil Defense
	27. 1949-1950: Embracing the Bomb
Epilogue: From the H-Bomb to Star Wars: The Continuing Cycles of Activism and Apathy
	Notes
	A Note on the Sources
	Introduction
	1.	“The Whole World Gasped”
	2. The Summons to Action
	3■ Atomic-Bomb Nightmares and World-Government Dreams
	4.	The Political Agenda of the Scientists’ Movement
	5.	“To the Village Square”
	6.	The Uses of Fear
	& The Mixed Message of Bikini
	9.	The Scientists* Movement in Eclipse
	10.	Atomic Cars, Artificial Suns, Cancer-Curing Isotopes
	11.	Bright Dreams and Disturbing Realities
	12.	Optimistic Forecasts
	13.	Darker Social Visions
	14.	Experts and Ideologues Offer Their Prescriptions
	15.	Social Science into the Breach
	16.	Justifications, Rationalizatons, Evasions
	17.	‘Victory for What?”
	18,	Atomic Weapons and Judeo-Christian Ethics
	19.	Human Nature, Technical Man, the Apocalyptic Tradition
	20.	Words Fail: The Bomb and the Literary Imagination
	21.	Visions of the Atomic Future in Science Fiction and Speculative Fantasy ,
	22.	Second Thoughts About Prometheus
	23.	Psychological Fallout
	24.	Dagwood to the Rescue
	25.	Secrecy and Soft Soap
	26.	The Reassuring Message of Civil Defense
	27.	1949-1950: Embracing the Bomb
	Epilogue
Index