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The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood–and America–Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Bottom of the pile
16
/100
I Index Overall Rating
Readers
15/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
Greg Mitchell
Publisher:
The New Press
Date:
July 7, 2020
The story of how the White House and Pentagon scuttled an epic Hollywood production.
What The Reviewers Say
... quietly amusing.
Mitchell remains devoted to examining the U.S.'s moral defense for its deadly actions against Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but he never misses a chance to expose the comedy provided by his book's many theatrically outsize characters. Surely Mitchell's offering would make a much better movie than MGM's big-budget dud..
Mitchell uses his sharp investigative reporting skills to unearth this detailed, behind-the-scenes story about Hollywood’s first movie on the atomic bomb.
... rich.
