Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," wrote the philosopher George Santayana in 1905. Heeding this aphorism, in The Wretched Atom, historian Jacob Darwin Hamblin seeks to remind readers of the misguided 20th-century effort launched by the United States, its allies, and international agencies to expand nuclear energy around the world.

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原子警告

那些记不起过去的人注定要重蹈覆辙，”哲学家乔治·桑塔亚纳 (George Santayana) 在 1905 年写道。历史学家雅各布·达尔文·汉布林 (Jacob Darwin Hamblin)在《悲惨的原子》中注意到这句格言，试图提醒读者注意美国在 20 世纪发起的误导性努力、其盟友和国际机构在世界范围内扩大核能。