The Walt Disney Story of Our Friend the Atom

A book of its times and of the American political context, published at the height of the Cold War, a couple of years after Eisenhower's 'Atoms for Peace' propaganda initiative, Disney's cartoon and book production placated anxious Americans concerning the dangers of nuclear weapons by portraying 'atomic energy' as a friendly genie to be harnessed for the good of all. Tie-in with Disney television show and Disneyland, it was
pro-industry story-telling for impressionable minds.

Nice, but the future didn't really end up as expected, did it?