Nuclear apartheid : the quest for American atomic supremacy from World War II to the present / Shane J. Maddock.

Author/creator Maddock, Shane J.
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxvi, 392 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Nuclear weapons--Government policy. --United States. --History.
Nuclear arms control--United States. --History.
Nuclear nonproliferation--United States. --History.
Nuclear weapons--Government policy. --Developing countries. --History.
Nuclear arms control--Developing countries. --History.
Nuclear nonproliferation--Developing countries. --History.
United States--Foreign relations. --Developing countries.
Developing countries--Foreign relations. --United States.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [349]-365) and index.
LCCN 2009032361
ISBN9780807833551 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN080783355X (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks JZ56.45 .M33 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold