| Description |
xvi, 320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: Negotiations Pre-Kennedy -- From Bravo to the Conference of Experts -- The U.S. on the Defensive -- More Modest Approaches -- New Test Ban Proposals: Official and Unofficial -- Toward Technical Discussions -- The Conference of Experts -- Test Ban Negotiations Begin -- Early Days of the Geneva Conference -- Technical Challenges -- High-Altitude Detection -- Impasse over Technical Data -- Agreement Almost Reached -- Reversal -- Downward Spiral -- In Search of a Policy -- First Meetings with the President -- Opposing Views -- Were the Soviets Cheating? -- War in My Head -- McCloy's Review -- The Principals Endorse Concessions -- The President Takes a Hand -- A White House Luncheon -- On Decision Making -- Off to Geneva -- A Bad Start at Geneva -- Enter the Troika -- Western Concessions Introduced -- The West Tables a Complete Treaty -- A New Atmosphere in Geneva -- Internal Debate, External Challenge -- Differing Views -- Weighing the Options -- Confrontation in Vienna -- Preparing--While Seeming Not To -- Teetering on the Brink -- The Panofsky Panel -- The Gauntlet Thrown -- Reluctant Militancy -- Over the Brink -- Meetings, Meetings -- A New Western Proposal -- The President Decides -- A Bad Start -- A Drift Toward Atmospheric Testing Begins -- Organization and Disarmament Initiatives -- An Agency is Born -- A Plan for General and Complete Disarmament -- The President at the UN -- A Statement of Agreed Principles -- Toward Atmospheric Testing -- A New Policy Position -- I "Meet the Press". |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons -- Testing -- Law and legislation.
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United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
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Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1963.
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| Added Author |
Loeb, Benjamin S., 1914-2012
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| ISBN |
0520043324 |
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9780520043329 |
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