The Dragon's Tail: Americans Face the Atomic Age

Acknowledgments

in doris Lessing’s second Canopus book, The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five, the children born in Zone Three were all considered to have many, even a dozen, parents. This book, like a child in Zone Three, has countless parents and even a few siblings. The greatest debt of gratitude is to Lillian Hoddeson, without whose guidance and criticism this book would never have been born. Her wisdom, practicality, and kindness are present on every page. earlier versions of this book benefited from the advice of many people. Most important among them are Mark Leff and Leslie Reagan at the University of illinois and david Noble and Roger Jones at the University of Minnesota. Ruth Hein provided clear and coherent editing, and Mark Selden offered critical advice and guidance in bringing the book to press, as did my colleagues at the Hiroshima Peace institute (HPi) Narayanan Ganesan, Sung Chull Kim, and Hiroko takahashi. Mick broderick also provided critical feedback on several chapters and invaluable moral support. The administrative staff at HPi has given endless support to my work on this book, and i especially want to thank HPi President Motofumi Asai for his continual support and enthusiasm. i also must say, as a scholar publishing my first single-author book, that the horror stories of academic publishing made me nervous. but my experience with the staff at the University of Massachusetts Press has been fantastic from the very start. The support and professional guidance of Clark dougan, senior editor, and bruce Wilcox, director, could not have been better as they steered this neophyte through the publishing process. And the sharp editorial eye and knife of Mary bellino brought crispness to the prose that turned each revision into an english class for me. The debt to my family and friends for their support, love, and advice during the writing of this book can never be adequately stated. My children , Kaya, Ocea, Gwynne, and Levi have all referred to this book as the fifth child for most of their lives and are happy to see their sibling finally be born. Their love and dedication to my work has given me strength every single day, and their support radiates from every word printed here. Likewise my mother, Muriel Jacobs, and my wife, Carol Agrimson, have kept me whole and moving forward through so many challenges. My best friends, brian Johnson and Julie Gordon, have loved and supported me Acknowledgments through the writing of this book in so many ways that i lost count. Thanks also to many others who have helped make this book possible, specifically my brother Jay Jacobs, Mike and Joe Jacobs, danny Clark, Jeb binsted, Jeff St. Andrews, Lon Haber, yolanda Sala, billie Jo Vinson, Audrey and Jimmy and emma and Abby Wyatt, Kara and Siera and elle Stevens, tracy Jacobs, Al Rose, Rhonda Welbel, and of course david Razowsky. And finally, my thanks to the late Hamza el din, whose music provided the background to the writing of this book and who was one of the first people to call me “doctor” after my doctorate was awarded; that was a true honor. My debt to you all can never be repaid, and my joy in experiencing such community and such love can never be quantified. it has created me, sustained me, and brought me to this day. xii c The Dragon’s Tail The Dragon’s Tail ...