by Harold Kurstedt

“It may be said that during his lifetime Harold Kurstedt participated in either a virtuous or an evil career.  

In this collection of personal stories of life with the atomic bomb, you’ll read about the first nuclear engineers and their effect on the uses of atomic energy, nuclear scientists, nuclear accidents, the nuclear stockpile, Native Americans and the technical, institutional, and cultural perspectives as related to living in harmony with our environment.

Harold and members of his family lived their personal and professional lives under the shadow of the development and use of the atomic bomb, nuclear reactors, and radioactive materials used in industry and medicine. In one way or another, his experience and professional contributions continue to touch everyone’s life.

Finally, readers will come to consider a great and looming truth:  The loss of between 12,000 and 226,000 Japanese men, women, and children that resulted from the atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima.  But is that balanced by the fact that thousands of American soldiers and hundreds of thousands of Japanaese citizens were saved from being wounded or killed during the US invasion of Japan?  The author asks us to answer for ourselves, “Was the use of the atomic bomb a virtuous or an evil act?”

To obtain a copy, email HaroldKurstedt@newportgroupllc.com