Introduction: The Atomic State in the Great Basin
PART I: FALLOUT AND FAILURES OF FORESIGHT
1. Uranium and the Agency of Nature in the Risk Society
2. Trinity and Lessons Not Learned
3. The Emerging Atomic Spectacular, 1950-1951
4. The Road to Upshot-Knothole, 1952
PART II: UPSHOT-KNOTHOLE AND THE FLUIDITY OF NATURE
5. Dirty Harry and the Material-Discursive Bind, 1953
6. Dead Sheep and the Fluidity of Fallout
PART III: THE LONG ROAD TO TAMING THE ATOMIC STATE
7. Respite, Reconfiguration, and Operation Teapot, 1954-1955
8. Bullock et al. v. United States: Deception and Dirty Science, 1956
9. Operation Plumbbob: Accelerated Testing in the Shadow of a Moratorium, 1957
10. Baby Teeth, Project Sunshine, and a Moratorium on Testing, 1958-1962
11. Sedan, Silent Spring, and the Reenchantment of Nature
Conclusion: The Legacy of Atomic Testing in the Great Basin
