March to Armageddon: The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race, 1939 to the PresentOxford University Press, 18 juin 1987 - 318 pages Ronald E. Powaski offers the first complete, accessible history of the events, forces, and factors that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. He traces the evolution of the nuclear arms race from FDR's decision to develop an atomic bomb to Reagan's decision to continue its expansion in the 1980's. Focusing on the forces that have propelled the arms race and the reasons behind the repeated failures to check the proliferation of nuclear weapons, Powaski discusses such topics as the Manhattan Project, the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima, the debate over whether to share atomic information, the effect of nuclear weapons on U.S. military and foreign policy, and the role of these weapons in arms control negotiations in the last five presidential administrations. |
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... nuclear war , both superpowers are deploying , and planning to deploy , thousands of additional nuclear war- heads . The American nuclear arsenal alone is expected to grow from 25,000 warheads to over 28,000 by the end of the 1980s ...
... nuclear war , both superpowers are deploying , and planning to deploy , thousands of additional nuclear war- heads . The American nuclear arsenal alone is expected to grow from 25,000 warheads to over 28,000 by the end of the 1980s ...
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... nuclear fission could not be sustained . In an experiment performed on March ... American government to the potential danger of a German atomic bomb.4 The ... nuclear arms race . ' Initial Steps In October 1939 , shortly after Roosevelt's ...
... nuclear fission could not be sustained . In an experiment performed on March ... American government to the potential danger of a German atomic bomb.4 The ... nuclear arms race . ' Initial Steps In October 1939 , shortly after Roosevelt's ...
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The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race, 1939 to the Present Ronald E. Powaski. Initial Steps In October 1939 , shortly after Roosevelt's conversations with Sachs , the Pres- ident took the first step in the American effort to build ...
The United States and the Nuclear Arms Race, 1939 to the Present Ronald E. Powaski. Initial Steps In October 1939 , shortly after Roosevelt's conversations with Sachs , the Pres- ident took the first step in the American effort to build ...
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... nuclear weapons first . " 1 Six months later , in June 1942 , Roosevelt and ... American effort . It was therefore with great relief that the prime minister ... American atomic part- nership . 12 The Manhattan Project By the end of 1942 ...
... nuclear weapons first . " 1 Six months later , in June 1942 , Roosevelt and ... American effort . It was therefore with great relief that the prime minister ... American atomic part- nership . 12 The Manhattan Project By the end of 1942 ...
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... American people , as well as the Germans , the security system he es- tablished had a detrimental impact on future efforts to control the nuclear ... nuclear Armageddon was through international con- trol of atomic energy , which alone could ...
... American people , as well as the Germans , the security system he es- tablished had a detrimental impact on future efforts to control the nuclear ... nuclear Armageddon was through international con- trol of atomic energy , which alone could ...
Table des matières
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3 Truman and International Control of the Atom 19451947 | 29 |
4 Truman the Cold War and the Hydrogen Bomb 19471952 | 46 |
5 Eisenhower and Massive Retaliation 19531961 | 60 |
6 Eisenhower and Nuclear Arms Control 19531961 | 74 |
7 Kennedy Nuclear Weapons and the Limited Test Ban Treaty 19611963 | 93 |
8 Johnson Nuclear Weapons and the Pursuit of SALT 19631969 | 113 |
11 Carter and SALT II 19771981 | 162 |
12 Reagan and the Rearmament of America 19811983 | 184 |
13 Reagan and Nuclear Arms Talks 1981 to the Present | 197 |
Conclusion | 222 |
Glossary of Acronyms and Technical Terms | 233 |
Notes | 237 |
Suggested Readings | 275 |
Index | 283 |
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