Kennedy, Macmillan and the Nuclear Test-Ban Debate, 1961–63

✍ Scribed by Kendrick Oliver (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Leaves: 263
Series: Studies in Military and Strategic History
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Conception and Stalemate: the Test-Ban Debate, March 1954 to August 1961....Pages 4-32
Progress to the Proving Grounds: August–December 1961....Pages 33-57
‘The “Two-Pronged Approach”’: December 1961 to April 1962....Pages 58-103
The Advance of the Neutrals: April–October 1962....Pages 104-134
‘The Good Season’: October 1962 to March 1963....Pages 135-161
‘The Second Prize’: March–July 1963....Pages 162-206
Conclusion....Pages 207-210
Back Matter....Pages 211-252

✦ Subjects

Imperialism and Colonialism; World History, Global and Transnational History; Effects of Radiation/Radiation Protection; History of Britain and Ireland; History of the Americas; International Relations

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