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| Preface | |
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| History of Nuclear Weapons and Nonproliferation | |
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| Early Scientific Developments | |
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| Military Uses of Nuclear Fission | |
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| U.S. Use of Nuclear Weapons against Imperial Japan | |
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| Early Efforts to Control Nuclear Weapons | |
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| Expanding the Nuclear Club and Weapon Arsenals | |
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| Renewed Efforts at Control under Eisenhower | |
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| Development of Delivery Systems: Bombers, Missiles, and Submarines | |
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| Efforts to Halt Atmospheric Nuclear Testing | |
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| The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Limited Test Ban Treaty | |
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| New Nuclear Powers and the Evolution of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1970 | |
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| The Early 1970s: Detente and the Beginnings of U.S.-Soviet Nuclear Arms Control | |
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| Efforts to Halt Horizontal Proliferation to New Countries | |
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| The Late 1970s and 1980s: From Arms-Racing to Negotiated Reductions | |
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| New Threats to the Nonproliferation Regime: Iraq and North Korea | |
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| Successes in International Nonproliferation Efforts in the Early to Mid-1990s | |
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| New Threats to the Nonproliferation Regime: The Late 1990s to the Present | |
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| Today's Nuclear Dilemma | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Issues and Controversies | |
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| Nuclear Weapons and Their Role during the Cold War | |
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| What Is the Role of Nuclear Weapons Today? | |
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| Are Nuclear Weapons Safe? | |
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| What Is the "Right" Number of Nuclear Weapons? | |
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| Could Terrorists Acquire Nuclear Weapons and Bomb-Making Material? | |
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| Environmental and Health Effects of Nuclear Weapon Production | |
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| Why Haven't Nuclear Weapons Spread to More Countries? | |
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| Missile Defenses and Efforts to Defend against Nuclear Attacks | |
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| The Debate on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty | |
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| Efforts to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons | |
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| Final Considerations | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| Chronology | |
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| References and Further Reading | |
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| People and Events | |
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| People | |
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| Bhabha, Homi Jehangir (1909-1966) | |
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| Caldicott, Helen Broinowski (1938-) | |
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| Fuchs, Klaus (1911-1988) | |
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| Khan, Abdul Qadeer (1936-) | |
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| Kurchatov, Igor (1903-1960) | |
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| Nie Rongzhen (1899-1992) | |
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| Oppenheimer, J. Robert (1904-1967) | |
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| Rotblat, Joseph (1908-) | |
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| Sakharov, Andrei (1921-1989) | |
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| Teller, Edward (1908-) | |
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| Events | |
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| U.S. Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: August 1945 | |
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| U.S. Test of First Thermonuclear (Hydrogen) Device, Mike: November 1, 1952 | |
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| Cuban Missile Crisis: October 1962 | |
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| Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: July 1968 | |
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| Nuclear Weapons Freeze Demonstration: June 12, 1982 | |
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| Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (November 1991-) | |
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| Disclosure of South Africa's Dismantled Nuclear Weapon Program: March 24, 1993 | |
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| U.S.-North Korean Agreed Framework: October 21, 1994 | |
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| India and Pakistan Test Nuclear Weapons: May 1998 | |
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| Facts and Documents | |
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| Facts | |
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| Nuclear Materials and Technologies | |
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| Worldwide Nuclear Weapon Stockpiles | |
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| Nuclear Testing | |
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| Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones | |
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| Radioactivity and Human Health | |
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| The Cost of Nuclear Weapons | |
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| Documents | |
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| Letter from Albert Einstein to President Roosevelt | |
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| Petition to President Truman from Scientists at the Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory | |
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| The U.S. Military Order to Drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan | |
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| Official U.S. Report on the Atomic Bomb's Effects in Hiroshima and Nagasaki | |
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| The Founding Document of the Nonproliferation Regime | |
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| Agreements Reached at the 1995 NPT Review and Extension Conference | |
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| International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Nuclear Weapons | |
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| Report of the Canberra Commission on Nuclear Disarmament | |
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| U.S.-Russian Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (Moscow Treaty) | |
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| Organizations, Associations, and Governmental Agencies | |
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| International Organizations | |
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| U.S. Government Agencies | |
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| Nongovernmental Organizations | |
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| Selected Print and Nonprint Resources | |
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| Print Resources | |
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| Books | |
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| Selected Governmental and Nongovernmental Reports | |
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| Periodicals | |
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| Nonprint Resources | |
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| CD-ROM | |
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| Videos and Films | |
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| Websites | |
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| Glossary and Acronyms | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |