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History Matters: On pondering the birth of the Atomic Age

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published March 15, 2016 at 7:45 AM CDT
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Dr. Gary Joiner

Commentator Gary Joiner reflects on the birth of the Atomic Age and its repercussions today with the resurgence in use of nuclear power as an energy source coupled with the proliferation of warheads by North Korea. The Atomic Age began at the University of Chicago on Dec. 2, 1942, with the creation of the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.

CommentaryAtomic Agenuclear warJ. Robert OppenheimerArms RaceMutually Assured DestructionNorth Korea
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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