Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961: Eisenhower and the Atomic Energy Commission. (A History of the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Vol. III)

by Richard G. Hewlett, Jack M. Holl

Overview

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1989.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520329362
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	09/01/2023
Series:	California Studies in the History of Science , #4
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	744
File size:	7 MB

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Editorial Reviews

Hewlett, author of an early history of the AEC, The New world, elaborates upon that great work with co-author Holl (Kansas State U.). Drawing on classified and largely unpublished sources, they cover high-level decision-making in the Eisenhower Administration: the bomb, Oppenheimer, Atoms for Peace, test ban discussions, nuclear power. A critical contribution to studies of a turbulent time. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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