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Sharing knowledge, shaping Europe : U.S. technological collaboration and nonproliferation /

In the 1950s and the 1960s, U.S. administrations were determined to prevent Western European countries from developing independent national nuclear weapons programs. To do so, the United States attempted to use its technological pre-eminence as a tool of "soft power" to steer Western Europ...

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Main Authors: Krige, John
Published: MIT Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, MA :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Transformations : studies in the history of science and technology
Subjects:
Euratom
Nuclear nonproliferation > Government policy > United States
Nuclear nonproliferation > Government policy > European Union countries
Nuclear industry > European Union countries
Technology > International cooperation > History > 20th century
United States > Foreign relations > European Union countries
European Union countries > Foreign relations > United States
Summary: In the 1950s and the 1960s, U.S. administrations were determined to prevent Western European countries from developing independent national nuclear weapons programs. To do so, the United States attempted to use its technological pre-eminence as a tool of "soft power" to steer Western European technological choices toward the peaceful uses of the atom and of space, encouraging options that fostered collaboration, promoted nonproliferation, and defused challenges to U.S. technological superiority. In Sharing Knowledge, Shaping Europe, John Krige describes these efforts and the varying degrees
Carrier Form: x, 227 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [205]-215) and index.
ISBN: 9780262034777 (hardback : alkaline paper) :
0262034778 (hardback : alkaline paper)
Index Number: JZ5675
CLC: D815.2
Call Number: D815.2/K926
Contents: Introduction : Technological Collaboration, Nonproliferation and American Soft Power -- The U.S. and the promotion of Euratom, 1955-56 : Integration as an instrument of nuclear nonproliferation -- The U.S. and Euratom, 1957-58 : Constructing a Joint program for nuclear power -- "A substantial sop" or "positive disarmament"? : Johnson, Erhard and bilateral space collaboration -- Integration and the non-proliferation of ballistic missiles : the U.S., the U.K. and ELDO, 1966 -- Classification, Collaboration and Competition : U.S./U.K. Relationships in Gas Centrifuge Uranium Enrichment in the 19

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