Title A history of U.S. nuclear testing and its influence on nuclear thought, 1945-1963 / David M. Blades and Joseph M. Siracusa.

Publication Info.	Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
	©2014

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Description	1 online resource (xvi, 229 pages)
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-215) and index.
Contents	Truman, 1945-1952 -- The normalisation of nuclear testing -- Eisenhower, 1952-1958 -- The expansion and then suspension of nuclear testing -- Kennedy, 1961-1963 -- The limitation of nuclear testing.
Summary	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.
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Subject	Nuclear weapons -- United States -- Testing -- History.
	Nuclear weapons.
	United States.
	Testing.
	History.
	Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States.
	Nuclear weapons -- Government policy.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	Siracusa, Joseph M., author.
Other Form:	Print version: Blades, David M. History of U.S. nuclear testing and its influence on nuclear thought, 1945-1963 9781442232006 (DLC) 2014000424 (OCoLC)867013161
ISBN	9781442232013 (electronic book)
	1442232013 (electronic book)
	9781442232006
	1442232005