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050		4	_aU264.3 .B53 2014
082	0		_a623.4/51190287
100	1		_aBlades, David M.
245	1	2	_aA History of U. S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aBlue Ridge Summit : _bRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, _c2014.
264		4	_c©2014.
300			_a1 online resource (247 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aWeapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Technologies Series
505	0		_aIntro -- 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.
520			_aAs 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.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aNuclear weapons -- United States -- Testing -- History.
650		0	_aNucear weapons -- Government policy -- United States.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aSiracusa, Joseph M.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aBlades, David M. _tA History of U. S. Nuclear Testing and Its Influence on Nuclear Thought, 1945-1963 _dBlue Ridge Summit : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated,c2014 _z9781442232006
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aWeapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Technologies Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1913309 _zClick to View
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