The Atomic Cafe Summary

The Atomic Cafe includes a series of documentaries regarding the nuclear testing that was done by the United States in the Bikini Atoll. One of the scenes that thoroughly caught my attention, is a scene where an American soldier claims to a group of the native people that “The United States of America now wants to turn this great destructive force into something good for mankind”.
This totally contradicts with the description of nuclear weapons given in the reading. The author in chapter one describes and explains the hazardous effects caused by nuclear weapons. He explains that there no chances of survival for any individual that is affected by a nuclear weapon blast. He states that “ Each survivor of the blast would have on average about