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Avoiding Armageddon - Europe, the United States, and the Struggle for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, 1945-1970 (Hardcover, New)
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Avoiding Armageddon - Europe, the United States, and the Struggle for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, 1945-1970 (Hardcover, New)
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From the destruction of Hiroshima to the conclusion of the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968, the international community
struggled to halt the nuclear arms race and to prevent the
annihilation of humanity. This study offers an accessible and
authoritative account of European policy in this critical dimension
of world politics. How much influence did Europeans exert in
Washington? Why were European objectives often at variance with
U.S. expectations? To what extent did differing national agendas on
non-proliferation cause friction within the Western Alliance?
Schrafstetter and Twigge examine five initiatives designed to
prevent or restrain the nuclear arms race: the international
option, the commercial option, the moral option, the multilateral
option, and the legal option. Their conclusions show the extent to
which non-proliferation policy dominated European politics and the
transatlantic relationship. The international option focuses on
early UN plans for international control of atomic energy
(1946-48). The commercial option assesses the influence of
Eisenhower's Atoms for Peace proposal of 1953 and the impact of
civil nuclear power. The moral option charts international attempts
to outlaw the testing of nuclear weapons, resulting in the 1963
Partial Test Ban Treaty. The multilateral option discusses the role
of collective nuclear forces in addressing West German demands for
nuclear equality within NATO. The legal option explores British,
French, and West German attitudes to nuclear disarmament and charts
the international drive to stop the spread of nuclear weapons
culminating in the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1968.
Throughout the analysis, attention isfocused on the role of the
European powers and their influence on both Washington and Moscow.
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