02628nam 2200589 450 991046030490332120200520144314.01-4422-3201-3(CKB)3710000000331870(EBL)1913309(SSID)ssj0001402157(PQKBManifestationID)12607555(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402157(PQKBWorkID)11357973(PQKB)11190657(MiAaPQ)EBC1913309(Au-PeEL)EBL1913309(CaPaEBR)ebr11025301(CaONFJC)MIL688832(OCoLC)899985295(EXLCZ)99371000000033187020150314h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA history of U.S. nuclear testing and its influence on nuclear thought, 1945-1963 /David M. Blades and Joseph M. SiracusaLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2015.©20151 online resource (247 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-57550-9 1-4422-3200-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Glossary; Preface; Chapter One: Truman, 1945-1952; Chapter Two: The Normalization of Nuclear Testing; Chapter Three: Eisenhower, 1952-1958; Chapter Four: The Expansion and Suspension of Nuclear Testing; Chapter Five: Kennedy, 1961-1963; Chapter Six: The Limitations of Nuclear Testing; Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors<span><span>As states continue to pursue nuclear weaponry, nuclear testing remains an important political issue in the twenty-first century. This survey examines how and why the U.S. conducted nuclear tests from 1945 through 1963 and the resulting influence on key questions from normalization and de-normalization up to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963. </span></span>Nuclear weaponsUnited StatesTestingHistoryNucear weaponsGovernment policyUnited StatesElectronic books.Nuclear weaponsTestingHistory.Nucear weaponsGovernment policy623.4/51190287Blades David M.946541Siracusa Joseph M.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460304903321A history of U.S. nuclear testing and its influence on nuclear thought, 1945-19632138457UNINA