The Atomic Archipelago: US Nuclear Submarines and Technopolitics of Risk in Cold War Italy.
In: Environmental History, Jg. 29 (2024-04-01), Heft 2, S. 376-378
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"The Atomic Archipelago: US Nuclear Submarines and Technopolitics of Risk in Cold War Italy" by Davide Orsini is a meticulously researched book that examines the controversy surrounding the US nuclear submarine base in La Maddalena, Italy from 1972 to 2008. Orsini focuses on the question of radiation safety as a major aspect of technopolitics, where political goals and technological choices shape the material reality of nuclear risk. The book explores the origins of the controversy, the technopolitics of radiation safety, and the different ways stakeholders understood risk. It highlights the centrality of environmental surveillance and knowledge to post-1945 American hegemony and provides a sophisticated perspective on risk that goes beyond simplistic binaries. The study also reveals how the fluidity and dynamics of the marine environment complicated notions and practices of nuclear safety. [Extracted from the article]
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The Atomic Archipelago: US Nuclear Submarines and Technopolitics of Risk in Cold War Italy.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Higuchi, Toshihiro |
Zeitschrift: | Environmental History, Jg. 29 (2024-04-01), Heft 2, S. 376-378 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2024 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1084-5453 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1086/729516 |
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