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1 online resource (xvi, 392 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-365) and index. |
| Contents |
The ideal number of nuclear weapons states is one: nuclear nonproliferation and the quest for American atomic supremacy -- Too stupid even for the funny papers: the myth of the American atomic monopoly, 1939-1945 -- Winning weapons: A-bombs, H-bombs, and international control, 1946-1953 -- The president in the gray flannel suit: conformity, technological utopianism, and nonproliferation, 1953-1956 -- Seeking a silver bullet: nonproliferation, the test ban, and nuclear sharing, 1957-1960 -- Tests and toughness: JFK's false start on the proliferation question, 1961-1962 -- Too big to spank: JFK, nuclear hegemony, and the limited test ban treaty, 1962-1963 -- Hunting for Easter eggs: LBJ, NATO, and nonproliferation 1963-1965 -- A treaty to castrate the impotent: codifying nuclear apartheid, 1965-1970 -- The legacy of nuclear apartheid. |
| Summary |
After World War II, an atomic hierarchy emerged in the noncommunist world. Washington was at the top, followed over time by its NATO allies and then Israel, with the postcolonial world completely shut out. An Indian diplomat called the system "nuclear apartheid." Here is an illuminating look at how an American nuclear policy based on misguided ideological beliefs has unintentionally paved the way for an international "wild west" of nuclear development, dramatically undercutting the goal of nuclear containment and diminishing U.S. influence in the world. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States -- History.
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Nuclear weapons -- Government policy. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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Nuclear arms control -- United States -- History.
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Nuclear arms control. |
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Nuclear nonproliferation -- United States -- History.
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Nuclear nonproliferation. |
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Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Developing countries -- History.
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Developing countries. |
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Nuclear weapons. |
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Nuclear arms control -- Developing countries -- History.
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Nuclear nonproliferation -- Developing countries -- History.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries.
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International relations. |
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Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books -- History.
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History.
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Electronic books -- History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Maddock, Shane J. Nuclear apartheid. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010 9780807833551 (DLC) 2009032361 (OCoLC)430344692 |
| ISBN |
9780807895849 (electronic book) |
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0807895849 (electronic book) |
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9781469604220 (electronic book) |
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1469604221 (electronic book) |
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080783355X (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807833551 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807833551 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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