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Technological internationalism and world order aviation, atomic energy, and the search for international peace, 1920-1950 Waqar H. Zaidi
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zaidi, Waqar H., 1975- author.
- Series:
- Science in history (Cambridge University Press)
- Science in history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Technology and international relations--History--20th century.
- Technology and international relations.
- Technological innovations--International cooperation.
- Technological innovations.
- Aeronautics--Political aspects--History--20th century.
- Aeronautics.
- Nuclear energy--Political aspects--History--20th century.
- Nuclear energy.
- Security, International--History--20th century.
- Security, International.
- Peace--History--20th century.
- Peace.
- Internationalism--History--20th century.
- Internationalism.
- Aeronautics--Political aspects.
- Nuclear energy--Political aspects.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021
- Summary:
- "Between 1920 and 1950, British and US internationalists called for aviation and atomic energy to be taken out of the hands of nation-states, and instead used by international organizations such as the League of Nations and the United Nations. An international air force was to enforce collective security and internationalized civil aviation was to bind the world together through trade and communication. The bomber and the atomic bomb, now associated with death and devastation, were to be instruments of world peace. Drawing on rich archival research and focusing on public and private discourse relating to the control of aviation and atomic energy, Waqar H. Zaidi highlights neglected technological and militaristic strands in twentieth-century liberal internationalism, and transforms our understanding of the place of science and technology in twentieth-century international relations"-- Provided by publisher
- Contents:
- Introduction: Machines of peace
- Invention, interdependence, and the lag : conceptualizing international relations in the age of the machine
- Controlling scientific war : international air police and the reinvention of disarmament
- The shape of things to come : aviation, the League of Nations, and the transformation of world order
- Air power for a United Nations : the international air force during the Second World War
- Wings for peace : planning for the postwar internationalization of civil aviation
- A battle for atomic internationalism : United States and the international control of atomic energy
- A blessing in disguise : Britain and the international control of atomic energy
- Conclusion : science, technology, and internationalism into the Cold War and beyond
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 31, 2024)
- Other Format:
- Print version Zaidi, Waqar H., 1975- Technological internationalism and world order
- ISBN:
- 9781108872416
- 1108872417
- 9781108873475
- 1108873472
- OCLC:
- 1252984103
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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