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946024
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b700394
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Maddock, Shane J.
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Nuclear apartheid : : the quest for American atomic supremacy from World War II to the present /\ Shane J. Maddock.
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Chapel Hill :: University of North Carolina Press,, ©2010.
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1 online resource (xvi, 392 pages)
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080783355X
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: 0807895849
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: 1469604221
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: 9780807833551
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: 9780807895849
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: 9781469604220
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9780807833551
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-365) and index.
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| Contents
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The ideal number of nuclear weapons states is one: nuclear nonproliferation and the quest for American atomic supremacy -- Too stupid even for the funny papers: the myth of the American atomic monopoly, 1939-1945 -- Winning weapons: A-bombs, H-bombs, and international control, 1946-1953 -- The president in the gray flannel suit: conformity, technological utopianism, and nonproliferation, 1953-1956 -- Seeking a silver bullet: nonproliferation, the test ban, and nuclear sharing, 1957-1960 -- Tests and toughness: JFK's false start on the proliferation question, 1961-1962 -- Too big to spank: JFK, nuclear hegemony, and the limited test ban treaty, 1962-1963 -- Hunting for Easter eggs: LBJ, NATO, and nonproliferation 1963-1965 -- A treaty to castrate the impotent: codifying nuclear apartheid, 1965-1970 -- The legacy of nuclear apartheid.
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After World War II, an atomic hierarchy emerged in the noncommunist world. Washington was at the top, followed over time by its NATO allies and then Israel, with the postcolonial world completely shut out. An Indian diplomat called the system "nuclear apartheid." Here is an illuminating look at how an American nuclear policy based on misguided ideological beliefs has unintentionally paved the way for an international "wild west" of nuclear development, dramatically undercutting the goal of nuclear containment and diminishing U.S. influence in the world.
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Nuclear arms control-- Developing countries-- History.
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Nuclear arms control-- United States-- History.
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Nuclear nonproliferation-- Developing countries-- History.
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Nuclear nonproliferation-- United States-- History.
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Nuclear weapons-- Government policy-- Developing countries-- History.
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Nuclear weapons-- Government policy-- United States-- History.
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Atommacht
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Diplomatic relations.
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HISTORY-- United States-- 20th Century.
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Kernwaffe
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Nonproliferation
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Nuclear arms control.
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Nuclear nonproliferation.
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Nuclear weapons-- Government policy.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- International Relations-- Arms Control.
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Developing countries, Foreign relations, United States.
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United States, Foreign relations, Developing countries.
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Developing countries.
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Entwicklungsländer
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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327.1/7470973
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| LC Classification
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JZ5645.M33 2010eb
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