Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. Abbreviations xxi
6. Introduction: Irradiated and Invisible 1
7. PART I Technicalities
8. 1 Hypocenter 21
9. 2 The Particles That Remain 43
10. PART II People
11. 3 Falling Apart Inside 77
12. 4 Cloaking Contamination 104
13. PART III Warlords
14. 5 Selecting the Irradiated 151
15. 6 The Cold War Was a Limited Nuclear War 179
16. PART IV Heirs
17. 7 The Slow-Motion Nuclear War 205
18. Afterword: Opening Our Eyes 245
19. Notes 247
20. Index 307