Atoms for Peace and War 1953–1961 : Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission / Richard G. Hewlett, Jack M. Holl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hewlett, Richard G., Author.

Holl, Jack M., Author.

Contributor:

Anders, Roger M.

Kirkendall, Richard S.

Series:

California Studies in the History of Science

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (744 p.) : 11 illustrations, 2 figs., 3 tables

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1989]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

FIGURES AND TABLES

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1. A Secret Mission

2. The Eisenhower Imprint

3. The President and the Bomb

4. The Oppenheimer Case

5. The Political Arena

6. Nuclear Weapons: A New Reality

7. Nuclear Power for the Marketplace

8. Atoms for Peace: Building American Policy

9. Pursuit of the Peaceful Atom

10. The Seeds of Anxiety

11. Safeguards, EURATOM, and the International Agency

12. Nuclear Issues: A Time for Decision

13. Nuclear Issues: The Presidential Campaign of 1956

14. In Search of a Nuclear Test Ban

15. Politics of the Peaceful Atom

16. EURATOM and the International Agency, 1957-1958

17. Toward a Nuclear Test Moratorium

18. A New Approach to Nuclear Power

19. Science for War and Peace

20. The Test Ban: A Fading Hope

21. The Great Debate

Appendixes

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Essay on Sources

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780520329362

0520329368

OCLC:

1163877957