The nuclear club : how America and the world policed the atom from Hiroshima to Vietnam /

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"The Nuclear Club reveals how a coalition of powerful and developing states embraced global governance in hopes of a bright and peaceful tomorrow. While fears of nuclear war were ever-present, it was the perceived threat to their preeminence that drove Washington, Moscow, and London to throw th...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hunt, Jonathan R., 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
1945-1989
Nuclear nonproliferation > History.
Nuclear arms control > Government policy > History.
Nuclear nonproliferation > Government policy > United States > History.
Nuclear arms control > Government policy > United States > History.
Non-prolifération nucléaire > Histoire.
Armes nucléaires > Contrôle > Politique gouvernementale > Histoire.
Non-prolifération nucléaire > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Armes nucléaires > Contrôle > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Diplomatic relations
Nuclear arms control > Government policy
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear nonproliferation > Government policy
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1945-1989.
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : the most exclusive club on Earth
  • "Peace that is no peace" : revolution and reaction after Hiroshima, 1945-1955
  • "Uncontrollable anarchy" : founding the nuclear club, 1956-1961
  • The atomic frontier : John F. Kennedy and nuclear containment, 1960-1962
  • Pax Nuclearis : Khrushchev, Kennedy, Mao, and the Moscow Treaty, 1962-1963
  • An "impossible possibility" : Lyndon B. Johnson and the nonproliferation treaty that failed, 1963-1965
  • "This side of the angels" : LBJ, Vietnam, and nuclear peace, 1964-1966
  • "Tall oaks from little acorns" : making the treaty of Tlatelolco, 1963-1967
  • "A citadel of learning" : building an international community, 1966-1968
  • "A decent level of international law and order" : final negotiations for the NPT, 1967-1970
  • Conclusion : Saving humanity from itself.

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