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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... accepted Roosevelt's offer that the United States assume the major responsibility for the project while allowing British scientists to share the ben- efits that would be derived . Thus was born the Anglo - American atomic part- nership ...
... accepted Roosevelt's offer that the United States assume the major responsibility for the project while allowing British scientists to share the ben- efits that would be derived . Thus was born the Anglo - American atomic part- nership ...
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... accept Bohr's view that the bomb was necessarily a menace . In fact , Churchill saw an Anglo - American atomic mo- nopoly as the primary means of preserving Britain's status as a great power and the only effective way of checking the ...
... accept Bohr's view that the bomb was necessarily a menace . In fact , Churchill saw an Anglo - American atomic mo- nopoly as the primary means of preserving Britain's status as a great power and the only effective way of checking the ...
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... accept the creation of a Soviet sphere of influence in that part of Europe liberated by the Red Army , he realized that , short of war with the Soviet Union , there was not much he could do about it ; he nevertheless ex- pected Stalin ...
... accept the creation of a Soviet sphere of influence in that part of Europe liberated by the Red Army , he realized that , short of war with the Soviet Union , there was not much he could do about it ; he nevertheless ex- pected Stalin ...
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... accepted Churchill's assessment that Bohr could not be trusted and that he should be placed under close surveillance " to ensure that he is responsible for no leakage of information , particularly to the Rus- sians . 31 One Last Try In ...
... accepted Churchill's assessment that Bohr could not be trusted and that he should be placed under close surveillance " to ensure that he is responsible for no leakage of information , particularly to the Rus- sians . 31 One Last Try In ...
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... accept the hardline advice toward the Soviets that he received from Churchill and from key advisers within his own administra- tion . W. Averell Harriman , U.S. ambassador to Moscow , saw the advance of the Soviet army as another ...
... accept the hardline advice toward the Soviets that he received from Churchill and from key advisers within his own administra- tion . W. Averell Harriman , U.S. ambassador to Moscow , saw the advance of the Soviet army as another ...
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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