Gathering Rare Ores : : The Diplomacy of Uranium Acquisition, 1943-1954 / / Jonathan E. Helmreich.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Helmreich, Jonathan E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1986
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 472
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Abbreviations --; Preface --; 1. Discovering the Need --; 2. The Cornerstone: Agreement with Belgium --; 3. Efforts at Preemption: Brazil, The Netherlands, and Sweden --; 4. Price, Politics, and Pride: Further Negotiations with Belgium --; 5. Reluctant Anglo-American Collaboration --; 6. The Difficulties of Sharing --; 7. Much Effort, Limited Gain: Continuing Global Negotiations --; 8. Raising the Compensation: The Belgian Export Tax --; 9. Atoms for Peace, Atoms for War --; 10. Preemption and Monopoly in Retrospect --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400858248; 9783110413441; 9783110413595; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400858248
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jonathan E. Helmreich.

This is a comprehensive study of one of the most startling examples of dollar diplomacy--the effort of the United States and the United Kingdom to monopolize the free world's supply of uranium and thorium during and immediately following World War II.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.