From dissent to diplomacy : the Pugwash project during the 1960s Cold War / / Alison Kraft

• Autore: Kraft Alison
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (148 pages)
• Disciplina: 704.9496107307474811
• Soggetto topico: Nuclear disarmament; Cold War
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Outline of the Book and Background Context -- References -- 2 Moscow, Late 1960: A Breakthrough in East-West Dialogue -- 2.1 The Path to Moscow: Maintaining Momentum, Raising the Profile of the PCSWA -- 2.2 Building Goodwill at the House of Friendship -- 2.3 Three Western Perspectives on the Moscow Conference -- 2.4 Reflections of the East Coast Elite -- 2.5 A Tangible Outcome: An East-West Study Group on Disarmament -- 2.6 Not Playing the Game: The Chinese in Moscow -- 2.7 A Shift in the Official British View: Reassessing the PCSWA -- 2.8 Moscow: Watershed and Platform -- References -- 3 Stowe, Vermont, September 1961: Two Contrasting Conferences in America -- 3.1 A Change of Conference Plans, a Downturn in the Superpower Relationship -- 3.2 The First Stowe Conference: An Icebreaker Amid Simmering Tensions -- 3.3 The Second Stowe Conference: Acrimony and Cold War Grandstanding -- 3.4 The Zuckerman Intervention: The British Change Tack on the PCSWA -- 3.5 1962: Cambridge and London -- References -- 4 The Pugwash Leadership: Informal Diplomacy Beyond the Conferences, 1962-1967 -- 4.1 October 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis -- 4.2 Towards a Technical Solution: Pugwash Scientists and a Novel Approach to the Detection of Nuclear Tests -- 4.3 The Vietnam War: The Reality of Bloc Allegiances Within Pugwash -- 4.4 Venice 1965/Sopot, 1966: Pugwash Conferences as Cold War Battleground -- 4.5 June-July 1967: Shuttle Diplomacy Between Hanoi and Washington -- 4.6 Pugwash and Its Scientists: Pioneering Track II Diplomacy? -- References -- 5 The Politics of European Security: A Step Too Far for Pugwash? -- 5.1 Pressure to Change the Agenda: European Scientists, European Problems -- 5.2 The PSGES, 1964-1968: A Bold Experiment?. ; 5.3 Early Signs of Trouble: The Issue of PSGES Autonomy -- 5.4 Informal Dialogue on Disarmament: The Loss of the Pugwash Monopoly -- 5.5 Whither Pugwash? -- 5.6 Ronneby, September 1967: Reasserting Pugwash Tradition, Resetting the Agenda -- 5.7 1968: The End of the Road for the PSGES -- References -- 6 Conclusion -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: From Dissent to Diplomacy
• ISBN: 9783031121357; 9783031121340
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910620198303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SpringerBriefs in History of Science and Technology Ser.