Title Nuclear apartheid : the quest for American atomic supremacy from World War II to the present / Shane J. Maddock

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 392 pages) Contents 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-365) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States -- History Nuclear arms control -- United States -- History Nuclear nonproliferation -- United States -- History Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Developing countries -- History Nuclear arms control -- Developing countries -- History Nuclear nonproliferation -- Developing countries -- History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- Arms Control. HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century. Diplomatic relations Nuclear arms control Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear weapons -- Government policy Atommacht Kernwaffe Nonproliferation SUBJECT United States -- Foreign relations -- Developing countries Developing countries -- Foreign relations -- United States Subject Developing countries United States Entwicklungsländer USA Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780807895849 0807895849 9781469604220 1469604221 080783355X 9780807833551

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