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A History of U.S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963

Weapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Technologies

von: David M. Blades, Joseph M. Siracusa
109,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	PDF
Veröffentl.:	01.05.2014
ISBN/EAN:	9781442232013
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	246

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Titelbeschreibung

The story of U. S. nuclear testing between 1945 and 1963 is a vivid and exciting one, but also one of profound importance. It is a story of trailblazing scientific progress, weapons of mass destruction, superpower rivalry, accidents, radiological contamination, politics, and diplomacy. The testing of weapons that defined the course and consequences of the Cold War was itself a crucial dimension to the narrative of that conflict. Further, the central question - Why conduct nuclear tests? - was fully debated among American politicians, generals, civilians, and scientists, and ultimately it was victory for those who argued in favor of national security over diplomatic and environmental costs that normalized nuclear weapons tests. A History of U. S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945–1963 is an examination of this question, beginning with the road to normalization and, later, de-normalization of nuclear testing, leading to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1963. As states continue to pursue nuclear weaponry, nuclear testing remains an important political issue in the twenty-first century.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

As states continue to pursue nuclear weaponry, nuclear testing remains an important political issue in the twenty-first century. This survey examines how and why the U.S. conducted nuclear tests from 1945 through 1963 and the resulting influence on key questions from normalization and de-normalization up to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
 
Chapter One: Truman, 1945-1952
 
Chapter Two: The Normalisation of Nuclear Testing
 
Chapter Three: Eisenhower, 1952-1958
 
Chapter Four: The Expansion and then Suspension of Nuclear Testing
 
Chapter Five: Kennedy, 1961-1963
 
Chapter Six: The Limitation of Nuclear Testing
 
Conclusion
 
Bibliography

Autorenportrait

David M. Blades, PhD, is a researcher at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Melbourne.
 

 
Joseph M. Siracusa is professor of human security and international diplomacy and deputy dean of global studies at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia. Chicago-born and raised, he is the author and coauthor of many books, including Real-World Nuclear Deterrence: The Making of International Strategy (with David G. Coleman); Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction; and A Global History of the Nuclear Arms Race: Weapons, Strategy, and Politics (with Richard Dean Burns).

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