Nuclear Apartheid The Quest for American Atomic Supremacy from World War II to the Present

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." Drawing on recently declassi...

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Main Author: Maddock, Shane J
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press 2014
University of North Carolina Press
Edition:1
Subjects:
Nuclear nonproliferation - Developing countries - History
ISBN:146961393X, 9781469613932
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1 The Ideal Number of Nuclear Weapons States Is One: Nuclear Nonproliferation and the Quest for American Atomic Supremacy -- 2 Too Stupid Even for the Funny Papers: The Myth of the American Atomic Monopoly, 1939-1945 -- 3 Winning Weapons: A-Bombs, H-Bombs, and International Control, 1946-1953 -- 4 The President in the Gray Flannel Suit: Conformity, Technological Utopianism, and Nonproliferation, 1953-1956 -- 5 Seeking a Silver Bullet: Nonproliferation, the Test Ban, and Nuclear Sharing, 1957-1960 -- 6 Tests and Toughness: JFK's False Start on the Proliferation Question, 1961-1962 -- 7 Too Big to Spank: JFK, Nuclear Hegemony, and the Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1962-1963 -- 8 Hunting for Easter Eggs: LBJ, NATO, and Nonproliferation, 1963-1965 -- 9 A Treaty to Castrate the Impotent: Codifying Nuclear Apartheid, 1965-1970 -- 10 The Legacy of Nuclear Apartheid -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
  • Cover Page -- Nuclear Apartheid -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- The Ideal Number of Nuclear Weapons States Is One -- Too Stupid Even for the Funny Papers -- Winning Weapons -- The President in the Gray Flannel Suit -- Seeking a Silver Bullet -- Tests and Toughness -- Too Big to Spank -- Hunting for Easter Eggs -- A Treaty to Castrate the Impotent -- The Legacy of Nuclear Apartheid -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index