Eisenhower, science advice, and the nuclear test-ban debate, 1945-1963 / Benjamin P. Greene.
| Author/creator | Greene, Benjamin P. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xiii, 358 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Stanford nuclear age series Stanford nuclear age series. ^A285330 |
| Contents | Eisenhower and the atomic age (1945-1952) -- The dawn of the thermonuclear age (1953) -- The BRAVO shot and rise of the test-ban debate within the international and scientific communities (1954-1955) -- Fallout from the BRAVO shot : the test-ban debate within the Eisenhower administration (1954-1955) -- The election of 1956 : a moratorium on candor -- The influence of Strauss, the fall of Stassen, and the rise of Sputnik (November 1956-October 1957) -- PSAC, the test moratorium, and the Geneva system (October 1957-August 1958) -- Hard decisions after HARDTACK II : stalemate at Geneva (August 1958-December 1959) -- The threshold ban, the Paris summit, and the farewell address (December 1959-January 1961). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-349) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006008798 |
| ISBN | 0804754454 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780804754453 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780804754453 |