Pax Atomica: the Nuclear Defense Debate in West Germany During the Adenauer Era / Mark Cioc.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cioc, Mark, author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1988]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Studies the nuclear defense debate in West Germany during the Adenauer Era and NATO's plan to station medium-range missiles in West Germany and convert the Bundeswehr into a nuclear-capable army.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Prologue

Part I. The Irony of a Forward Defense

Introduction

1. The Nuclear Arsenal of Democracy

2. The War at Home

Part II. The Politics of Peace

3. The Göttingen Republic: The Nuclear Physics Community

4. Missal Diplomacy: The Protestants and Nuclear Weapons

5. The Cold Peace: Ideology and Confrontation in the Antinuclear Campaign

Part III. Toward a Tripartisan Defense Policy

6. The Young Adenauerians

Epilogue

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88781-7

OCLC:

1100451787