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Author:

Lieberman, Joseph I.

Title:

The scorpion and the tarantula; the struggle to control atomic weapons, 1945-1949 [by] Joseph I. Lieberman.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin,

Copyright Date:

1970

Description:

xiv, 460 p. 22 cm.

Subject:

Nuclear weapons (International law)
Nuclear disarmament.

Notes:

Bibliography: p. [435]-440.

Contents:

PART 1. BEFORE HIROSHIMA: 1. A quiet beginning ; 2. The futile, but visionary, efforts of Niels Bohr ; 3. Bush, Conant, and Stimson begin to lobby for atomic control ; 4. Scientific agitation ; 5. The Interim Committee's perfunctory response ; 4. Scientific agitation ; 6. Potsdam and the attack -- PART 2. AFTER HIROSHIMA: 7. The force from which the sun draws its power ; 8. Stimson departs and is forgotten ; 9. The scientists and the British force America to act ; 10. Moving slowly toward Moscow ; 11. The Moscow Conference -- PART 3. THE AMERICAN PLAN: 12. A feeling of acute revulsion ; 13. The Acheson-Lilienthal report ; 14. The Baron of Hobcaw ; 15. "The last, best hope on Earth" -- PART 4. FAILURE AT THE UNITED NATIONS: 16. The Russian response ; 17. The breach grows wider ; 18. Henry Wallace and the American consensus ; 19. A hollow victory ; 20. The parallel monologue -- PART V. CONCLUSIONS: 21. Sharing the guilt.

LCCN:

78120823

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)