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

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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 lo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maddock, Shane J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Temas:
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.
Armes nucléaires > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Armes nucléaires > Contrôle > États-Unis > Histoire.
Non-prolifération nucléaire > États-Unis > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > Arms Control.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Diplomatic relations
Nuclear arms control
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons > Government policy
Atommacht
Kernwaffe
Nonproliferation
United States > Foreign relations > Developing countries.
Developing countries > Foreign relations > United States.
Developing countries
United States
Entwicklungsländer
USA
History
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Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xvi, 392 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-365) and index.
ISBN:9780807895849
0807895849
9781469604220
1469604221
080783355X
9780807833551

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