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David Lilienthal

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David Lilienthal

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Workers for the Tennessee Valley Authority in 1942.

The First Prophet of Abundance

David Lilienthal’s account of running the TVA can read like the "Abundance" of 1944. We have a lot to learn from what the book says — and what it leaves out.

by Kevin Hawickhorst via Asterisk on November 24, 2025

Illustration of an atomic bombing.

Blood on Our Hands

What did Truman and Oppenheimer actually say in that room?

by Bill Black via Contingent on December 7, 2023

For Decades, a Treaty Contained the Threat of Nuclear Weapons. Now That’s All at Risk.

Trump did not create this situation, but he has accelerated its centrifugal forces.

by Fred Kaplan via Slate on July 17, 2025

Oppenheimer movie poster.

Fact, Fiction, and the Father of the Bomb

On Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.”

by Alex Wellerstein via Los Angeles Review of Books on August 30, 2023

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