The Winning Weapon : The Atomic Bomb in the Cold War, 1945-1950 /

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This book makes clear how, and why, after World War II American diplomats tried to make the atom bomb a winning weapon, "" an absolute advantage in negotiations with the Soviet Union. But this policy failed utterly in the 1948 Berlin crisis, and at home the State Department opposed those s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Herken, Gregg, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1988]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
World politics.
Diplomatic relations.
Diplomatic history.
Atomic bomb.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
HISTORY > General.
nuclear bombs.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Histoire diplomatique.
Bombe atomique.
Politique mondiale > 1945-1955.
World War, 1939-1945 > Diplomatic history.
World politics > 1945-1955.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 1945-1953.
États-Unis > Relations exterieures > 1933-1945.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1953.
United States > Foreign relations > 1933-1945.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface to the Princeton Edition
  • Prologue
  • Book One. Hiroshima and after the Atomic Bomb in Diplomacy, 1945-1946
  • 1. Hiroshima and Potsdam: The Prelude
  • 2. Washington: A Direct Approach to Russia
  • 3. London: The Dog that Didn't Bark
  • 4. Moscow: The New Atomic Diplomacy
  • Book Two. The Atomic Curtain Domestic and International Consequences of Atomic Energy, 1945-1947
  • 5. Pax Atomica: The Myth of the Atomic Secret
  • 6. "Atom Spies" and Politics
  • 7. The Atomic Curtain Descends
  • 8. Scientists, Soldiers, and Diplomats
  • 9. The Winning Weapon in the United Nations
  • Book Three. Diplomacy and Deterrence the Military Dimension, 1945-1950
  • 10. Strategy and the Bomb
  • 11. The War Over the Horizon
  • 12. The Year of Opportunity: 1948
  • 13. Beau Geste for Berlin
  • 14. The Monopoly Ends
  • 15. The Race Begins
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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