{"product_id":"behind-the-fog-how-the-u-s-cold-war-radiological-weapons-program-exposed-innocent-americans-paperback","title":"Behind the Fog: How the U.S. Cold War Radiological Weapons Program Exposed Innocent Americans - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLisa Martino-Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBehind the Fog\u003c\/em\u003e is the first in-depth, comprehensive examination of the United States' Cold War radiological weapons program. The book\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eexamines controversial military-sponsored studies and field trials using radioactive \"simulants\" that exposed American civilians to radiation and other hazardous substances without their knowledge or consent during the Cold War. Although Western biological and chemical weapons programs have been analyzed by a number of scholars, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Fog \u003c\/i\u003eis a strong departure from the rest in that the United States radiological weapons program has been generally unknown to the public. Martino-Taylor documents the coordinated efforts of a small group of military scientists who advanced a four-pronged secret program of human-subject radiation studies that targeted unsuspecting Americans for Cold War military purposes. Officials enabled such projects to advance through the layering of secrecy, by embedding classified studies in other studies, and through outright deception. Agency and academic partnerships advanced, supported, and concealed the studies from the public at large who ultimately served as unwitting test subjects. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartino-Taylor's comprehensive research illuminates a dark chapter of government secrecy, the military-industrial-academic complex, and large-scale organizational deviance in American history. In its critical approach, \u003ci\u003eBehind the Fog \u003c\/i\u003eeffectively examines the mechanisms that allow large-scale elite deviance to take place in modern society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLisa Martino-Taylor \u003c\/strong\u003eis Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Louis Community College. Martino-Taylor earned her doctorate in Sociology at the University of Missouri-Columbia and researches issues related to power, elite deviance, social and environmental justice, and U.S. military development and testing of radiological weapons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53755491483981,"sku":"9781138239678","price":114.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/K2xzRWtIZXkrUU1YbWUzeld1NzJ6QT09.webp?v=1776719089","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/behind-the-fog-how-the-u-s-cold-war-radiological-weapons-program-exposed-innocent-americans-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}