Sharing knowledge, shaping Europe : U.S. technological collaboration and nonproliferation / John Krige.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krige, John, author.

Series:

Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Euratom.

Technology--International cooperation--History--20th century.

Technology.

Nuclear industry--European Union countries.

Nuclear industry.

Nuclear nonproliferation--Government policy--European Union countries.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear nonproliferation--Government policy--United States.

European Union countries--Foreign relations--United States.

European Union countries.

United States--Foreign relations--European Union countries.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, [2016]

Summary:

How America used its technological leadership in the 1950s and the 1960s to foster European collaboration and curb nuclear proliferation, with varying degrees of success.

Contents:

Introduction : Technological Collaboration, Nonproliferation and American Soft Power

The U.S. and the promotion of Euratom, 1955-56 : Integration as an instrument of nuclear nonproliferation

The U.S. and Euratom, 1957-58 : Constructing a Joint program for nuclear power

"A substantial sop" or "positive disarmament"? : Johnson, Erhard and bilateral space collaboration

Integration and the non-proliferation of ballistic missiles : the U.S., the U.K. and ELDO, 1966

Classification, Collaboration and Competition : U.S./U.K. Relationships in Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment in the 1960s

Conclusion : Technological collaboration and nonproliferation.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9780262336406

0262336405

9780262336413

0262336413

OCLC:

959848178