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

By:

Blades, David M

Contributor(s):

Siracusa, Joseph M

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Weapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Technologies SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (247 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781442232013

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: A History of U. S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963DDC classification:

623.4/51190287

LOC classification:

U264.3 .B53 2014

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Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Glossary -- Preface -- Chapter One: Truman, 1945-1952 -- Chapter Two: The Normalization of Nuclear Testing -- Chapter Three: Eisenhower, 1952-1958 -- Chapter Four: The Expansion and Suspension of Nuclear Testing -- Chapter Five: Kennedy, 1961-1963 -- Chapter Six: The Limitations of Nuclear Testing -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Authors.

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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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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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