The nuclear club : how America and the world policed the atom from Hiroshima to Vietnam /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Hunt, Jonathan R., 1983- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	Nuclear nonproliferation > History. Nuclear arms control > Government policy > History. Nuclear nonproliferation > Government policy > United States > History. Nuclear arms control > Government policy > United States > History. United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989. Non-prolifération nucléaire > Histoire. Armes nucléaires > Contrôle > Politique gouvernementale > Histoire. Non-prolifération nucléaire > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire. Armes nucléaires > Contrôle > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire. États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1945-1989. Diplomatic relations. Nuclear arms control > Government policy. Nuclear nonproliferation. Nuclear nonproliferation > Government policy. United States. 1945-1989 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction : the most exclusive club on Earth
"Peace that is no peace" : revolution and reaction after Hiroshima, 1945-1955
"Uncontrollable anarchy" : founding the nuclear club, 1956-1961
The atomic frontier : John F. Kennedy and nuclear containment, 1960-1962
Pax Nuclearis : Khrushchev, Kennedy, Mao, and the Moscow Treaty, 1962-1963
An "impossible possibility" : Lyndon Johnson and the nonproliferation treaty that failed, 1963-1965
"This side of the angels" : LBJ, Vietnam, and nuclear peace, 1964-1966
"Tall oaks from little acorns" : making the treaty of Tlatelolco, 1963-1967
"A citadel of learning" : building an international community, 1966-1968
"A decent level of international law and order" : final negotiations for the NPT, 1967-1970
Conclusion : Pax Atomica, Pax Americana.