Nuclear weapons and nonproliferation : a reference handbook / Sarah J. Diehl and James Clay Moltz
- Bib ID:
- 2217622
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Diehl, Sarah J
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- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2002
- xv, 375 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1576073610
- Series:
- Contemporary world issues.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Preface, xi
- 1 History of Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation, 1
- Early Scientific Developments, 1
- Military Uses of Nuclear Fission, 3
- U.S. Use of Nuclear Weapons against Imperial Japan, 4
- Early Efforts to Control Nuclear Weapons, 6
- Expanding the Nuclear Club and Weapon Arsenals, 7
- Renewed Efforts at Control under Eisenhower, 8
- Development of Delivery Systems: Bombers, Missiles,
- and Submarines, 9
- Efforts to Halt Atmospheric Nuclear Testing, 10
- The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Limited Test
- Ban Treaty, 11
- New Nuclear Powers and the Evolution of the Nuclear
- Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1970, 13
- The Early 1970s: Detente and the Beginnings of U.S.-Soviet
- Nuclear Arms Control, 14
- Efforts to Halt Horizontal Proliferation to
- New Countries, 15
- The Late 1970s and 1980s: From Arms-Racing to
- Negotiated Reductions, 16
- New Threats to the Nonproliferation Regime: Iraq and
- North Korea, 18
- Successes in International Nonproliferation Efforts in
- the Early to Mid-1990s, 20
- New Threats to the Nonproliferation Regime: The Late
- 1990s to the Present, 21
- Today's Nuclear Dilemma, 23
- References and Further Reading, 25
- 2 Issues and Controversies, 27
- Nuclear Weapons and Their Role during the
- Cold War, 28
- What Is the Role of Nuclear Weapons Today? 31
- Are Nuclear Weapons Safe? 32
- What Is the "Right" Number of Nuclear Weapons? 33
- Could Terrorists Acquire Nuclear Weapons and
- Bomb-Making Material? 36
- Environmental and Health Effects of Nuclear
- Weapon Production, 39
- Why Haven't Nuclear Weapons Spread to
- More Countries? 41
- Missile Defenses and Efforts to Defend against
- Nuclear Attacks, 43
- The Debate on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban
- Treaty, 44
- Efforts to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons, 46
- Final Considerations, 50
- References and Further Reading, 51
- 3 Chronology, 53
- References and Further Reading, 158
- 4 People and Events, 161
- People, 161
- Bhabha, Homi Jehangir (1909-1966), 161
- Caldicott, Helen Broinowski (1938-), 163
- Fuchs, Klaus (1911-1988), 164
- Khan, Abdul Qadeer (1936-), 165
- Kurchatov, Igor (1903-1960), 167
- Nie Rongzhen (1899-1992), 169
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert (1904-1967), 170
- Rotblat, Joseph (1908-), 172
- Sakharov, Andrei (1921-1989), 174
- Teller, Edward (1908-), 177
- Events, 179
- U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:
- August 1945, 179
- U.S. Test of First Thermonuclear (Hydrogen) Device,
- Mike: November 1, 1952, 181
- Cuban Missile Crisis: October 1962, 183
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
- Weapons: July 1968, 184
- Nuclear Weapons Freeze Demonstration:
- June 12, 1982, 187
- Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction
- Program (November 1991-), 189
- Disclosure of South Africa's Dismantled Nuclear
- Weapon Program: March 24, 1993, 190
- U.S.-North Korean Agreed Framework:
- October 21, 1994, 192
- India and Pakistan Test Nuclear Weapons:
- May 1998, 194
- 5 Facts and Documents, 197
- Facts, 198
- Nuclear Materials and Technologies, 198
- Worldwide Nuclear Weapon Stockpiles, 205
- Nuclear Testing, 205
- Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones, 207
- Radioactivity and Human Health, 209
- The Cost of Nuclear Weapons, 209
- Documents, 213
- Letter from Albert Einstein to President
- Roosevelt, 213
- Petition to President Truman from Scientists at the
- Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, 216
- The U.S. Military Order to Drop the Atomic Bomb
- on Japan, 218
- Official U.S. Report on the Atomic Bomb's Effects
- in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 219
- The Founding Document of the Nonproliferation
- Regime, 226
- Agreements Reached at the 1995 NPT Review and
- Extension Conference, 233
- International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on
- Nuclear Weapons, 238
- Report of the Canberra Commission on Nuclear
- Disarmament, 246
- U.S.-Russian Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
- (Moscow Treaty), 253
- 6 Organizations, Associations, and Governmental
- Agencies, 257
- International Organizations, 257
- U.S. Government Agencies, 267
- Nongovernmental Organizations, 275
- 7 Selected Print and Nonprint Resources, 283
- Print Resources, 283
- Books, 283
- Selected Governmental and Nongovernmental
- Reports, 309
- Periodicals, 314
- Nonprint Resources, 317
- CD-ROM, 317
- Videos and Films, 317
- Websites, 325
- Glossary and Acronyms, 337
- Index, 345
- About the Authors, 376.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Moltz, James Clay
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