Land of Nuclear Enchantment

Lucie Genay is an associate professor of US civilization in the English and American Studies Department at the University of Limoges, France.

"American-studies scholar Lucie Genay has penned an engaging examination of the history of the nation's 'nuclear weapons complex' in the land of enchantment."--Western Historical Quarterly "Genay has clearly listened carefully to locals and endeavored to understand the place and its nuclear legacy as residents do. Her book will help put lesser-known sources and figures alongside the popular biographies and histories that draw public audiences to the topic of nuclear development."--Flannery Burke, Journal of Arizona History "Genay's book is certain to inspire some and outrage others. It provides a portrait of a US state drawn with racial divisions and social inequality firmly in mind. It may be that some American readers will bristle at her conclusions, accustomed to thinking of the Bomb as the double-edged sword of achievement and destruction. For Genay, it is another history of colonialism, and the Bomb's story was there among the people, in the place of its making."--Jacob Darwin Hamblin, Pacific Historical Review "Genay's contribution of so many oral histories in this piece enhances the depth and breadth of atomic history in New Mexico and the West."--Joshua McGuffie, H-Net Reviews "Genay's work provides a contemporary and complicated perspective on New Mexico's history."--Julie A. Cohn, Southwestern Historical Quarterly "Libraries interested in the history of New Mexico as well as the nuclear industry should add this well-researched book to their collections."--Choice