Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy The Baruch Plan: U.S. Diplomacy Enters the Nuclear Age

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Library of Congress.

Nuclear weapons.

Soviet Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1972

Summary:

Eighth in a series of reports, prepared by CRS for the Subcom on National Security Policy and Scientific Developments on the interactions of science and technology with U.S. foreign policy. This volume, by Leneice N. Wu, describes and examines reasons for failure of the Baruch Plan, the earliest attempt at international control of atomic energy and weapons, with special attention to issues evolving from interaction of science, technology, and diplomacy

Includes discussion of preparations for UN negotiations, public reaction to the proposals, and influence on public opinion of early estimates of Soviet Union nuclear technology capabilities

Notes:

CRS Report

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Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Science, Technology, and American Diplomacy:. 72-H382-22

Publisher Number:

CRS-1972-FAF-0014

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