Project Plowshare : : The Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives in Cold War America /

Project Plowshare : : The Peaceful Use of Nuclear Explosives in Cold War America / / Scott Kaufman.

Show other versions (1)

Inspired by President Dwight D. Eisenhower's "Atoms for Peace" speech, scientists at the Atomic Energy Commission and the University of California's Radiation Laboratory began in 1957 a program they called Plowshare. Joined by like-minded government officials, scientists, and bus...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
VerfasserIn:
Kaufman, Scott,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Online Access:
Physical Description:1 online resource (312 p.) :; 8 halftones, 3 maps
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction: Promoting the Peaceful Atom
  • 1. A Plan of Biblical Proportions
  • 2. Just Drop Us a Card
  • 3. A Program on Hold
  • 4. From Moratorium to Test Ban
  • 5. The Complexities of Canal Construction
  • 6. Nuclear Testing, Nonproliferation, and Plowshare
  • 7. Making Headway?
  • 8. Plowshare Goes Down Under
  • 9. Dead as a Doornail
  • Conclusion: Back from the Dead?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Similar Items