Review: Under the Cap of Invisibility: The Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant and the Texas Panhandle, by Lucie Genay

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Book Review| November 01 2023 Review: Under the Cap of Invisibility: The Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant and the Texas Panhandle, by Lucie Genay Under the Cap of Invisibility: The Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant and the Texas Panhandle. By Lucie Genay. (Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 2022. 304 pp.) Celia Oney Celia Oney Oregon State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Pacific Historical Review (2023) 92 (4): 681–682. https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2023.92.4.681 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Celia Oney; Review: Under the Cap of Invisibility: The Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant and the Texas Panhandle, by Lucie Genay. Pacific Historical Review 1 November 2023; 92 (4): 681–682. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/phr.2023.92.4.681 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentPacific Historical Review Search In Under the Cap of Invisibility: The Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant and the Texas Panhandle, Lucie Genay provides the first detailed examination of the history of the Pantex plant, a nuclear weapons facility near Amarillo, Texas. Genay explains how Pantex existed for decades under a “cap of invisibility,” receiving minimal attention even as many of the people who lived near the plant made it part of their local identity. Genay focuses on one individual or group in each chapter, beginning with Leroy Matthiesen, a Catholic bishop who lived near Pantex and advised his parishioners that working at Pantex was morally wrong. Bishop Matthiesen’s activism took him to a national level as one of the writers of “The Challenge of Peace,” the U.S. Catholic Bishops’ pastoral letter articulating their objections to most uses of nuclear weapons. Next Genay discusses two people who approached Pantex through creative projects. Novelist Grace Mojtabai... You do not currently have access to this content.