TY  - BOOK
AU  - Krooth,Richard
AU  - Edelson,Morris
AU  - Fukurai,Hiroshi
TI  - Nuclear tsunami: the Japanese government and America's role in the Fukushima disaster 
SN  - 9780739195703
AV  - TK1365 .N835 2015
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Lanham, [Maryland]
PB  - Lexington Books
KW  - Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011
KW  - Nuclear energy
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Japan
KW  - Nuclear power plants
KW  - Safety measures
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""I: Roots�U.S. Psychological Warfare Strategies and Propaganda Campaigns in Japan""; ""1 Transformation of the Most Nuclear-Fearful Population to an Atomic Enthusiasts""; ""II: Nuclear Fallout""; ""2 Trial by Sea, Trial by Fire""; ""3 Ingenious Invisible Invaders""; ""4 Damning the Torpedos at Full Throttle""; ""5 Facts about Nuclear Reactors Your Mother Never Told You""; ""6 Hubris and Megadeath by 3 A.D. (After the Disaster)""; ""III: In the Maelstrom""; ""7 Fail-Safe Not Foolproof""; ""8 From Sea to Shining Sea: Radiation without End""""9 Nature as Nuclear Trash Bin""; ""10 Can Anyone Ever Pay?""; ""11 Returning�on Shaken Feet""; ""12 Popular Rights vs. Corporate Power""; ""13 Who�s in Charge Here?""; ""14 Making a Nation Safer for Profits""; ""15 Futures Unknown""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""About the Authors""; 2; b
N2  - This book begins with the analysis of America's post-war intelligence operations, propaganda campaigns, and strategic psychological warfare in Japan. Banking on nuclear safety myths, Japan promoted an aggressive policy of locating and building nuclear power plants in depopulated areas suffering from a significant decline of local industries and economies. The Fukushima nuclear disaster substantiated that U.S. propaganda programs left a long lasting legacy in Japan and beyond and created the futile ground for the future nuclear disaster. The book reveals Japan's tripartite organization of the d
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