Shaping Public Perception: Nuclear Arms Race and Atomic Gardening

Exploring the Cold War context, this chapter delves into the fear and propaganda surrounding nuclear weapons, including the American government's efforts to influence public opinion through initiatives like Project Kandar and 'atoms for peace'. It also discusses the dehumanization of Japanese people post-World War II and the peculiar movement of atomic gardening that emerged from the optimistic view of nuclear radiation's mutation potential.