| Description |
1 online resource (744 pages) : 11 illustrations, 2 figures, 3 tables |
| Series |
California Studies in the History of Science |
| 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 |
In English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020) |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Renaissance.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Anders, Roger M
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Holl, Jack M., author
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Kirkendall, Richard S
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| ISBN |
9780520329362 |
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0520329368 |
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