1 1895 to 1945: Prototypical bomb films -- 2 1945 to 1949: The initial elation after Hiroshima amd Nagasaki -- 3 1950 to 1963, Part 1: A complex growth industry -- 4 1950 to 1963, Part II: Cold war fantasies -- 5 1964 to 1979: Losing faith in social institutions -- 6 1980 to 1989: The Reagan era -- 7 1990 to 2001: The post-cold war years -- 8 1945 to 2001: Japan's atomic bomb cinema -- Demonic cinema -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- FILMOGRAPHY
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-357) and index