TY  - BOOK
AU  - Herken,Gregg
TI  - The Winning Weapon: The Atomic Bomb in the Cold War, 1945-1950 
T2  - Princeton Legacy Library
SN  - 9780691607344
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Atomic bomb
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Diplomatic history
KW  - World politics
KW  - 1945-1955
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Preface to the Princeton Edition --; Prologue --; Book One. Hiroshima and after the Atomic Bomb in Diplomacy, 1945-1946 --; 1. Hiroshima and Potsdam: The Prelude --; 2. Washington: A Direct Approach to Russia --; 3. London: The Dog that Didn't Bark --; 4. Moscow: The New Atomic Diplomacy --; Book Two. The Atomic Curtain Domestic and International Consequences of Atomic Energy, 1945-1947 --; 5. Pax Atomica: The Myth of the Atomic Secret --; 6. "Atom Spies" and Politics --; 7. The Atomic Curtain Descends --; 8. Scientists, Soldiers, and Diplomats --; 9. The Winning Weapon in the United Nations --; Book Three. Diplomacy and Deterrence the Military Dimension, 1945-1950 --; 10. Strategy and the Bomb --; 11. The War Over the Horizon --; 12. The Year of Opportunity: 1948 --; 13. Beau Geste for Berlin --; 14. The Monopoly Ends --; 15. The Race Begins --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - This book makes clear how, and why, after World War II American diplomats tried to make the atom bomb a winning weapon," an absolute advantage in negotiations with the Soviet Union. But this policy failed utterly in the 1948 Berlin crisis, and at home the State Department opposed those scientists who advocated international cooperation on nuclear matters.Originally published in 1988.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905
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