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UNINA9910620198303321 |
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Autore |
Kraft Alison |
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Titolo |
From Dissent to Diplomacy: The Pugwash Project During the 1960s Cold War / / by Alison Kraft |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2022 |
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ISBN |
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9783031121357 |
9783031121340 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2022.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (148 pages) |
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Collana |
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SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology, , 2211-4572 |
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Disciplina |
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704.9496107307474811 |
327.174709046 |
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Soggetti |
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Science - History |
International relations |
History of Science |
International Relations |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Moscow, late 1960: A breakthrough in East-West dialogue -- Chapter 3. Stowe, VT, September 1961: two contrasting conferences in America -- Chapter 4. The Pugwash leadership: Informal diplomacy beyond the conferences, 1962-1967 -- Chapter 5. The politics of European security: a step too far for Pugwash? -- Chapter 6. Conclusion. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book provides new and critical perspectives on the internal development of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (the PCSWA; Pugwash) and its role in international nuclear diplomacy during the 1960s Cold War. Conceived by western scientists dissenting from their own government’s position on nuclear weapons, the conferences brought together elite scientists from across the East-West divide to work towards nuclear disarmament and for peace. The analysis follows two lines. First, the book charts the emergence during the conferences of a distinctive form of technopolitical communication that was crucial to the role of Pugwash in Informal cross-bloc dialogue about disarmament. This enabled Pugwash to realize its paradoxical |
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