Project Plowshare : the peaceful use of nuclear explosives in Cold War America /

Kaufman, Scott, 1969-

Project Plowshare : the peaceful use of nuclear explosives in Cold War America / Scott Kaufman. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource (xiv, 295 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

Introduction : promoting the peaceful atom -- A plan of biblical proportions -- Just drop us a card -- A program on hold -- From moratorium to test ban -- The complexities of canal construction -- Nuclear testing, nonproliferation, and Plowshare -- Making headway? -- Plowshare goes down under -- Dead as a doornail -- Conclusion : back from the dead?.



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Project Plowshare (U.S.)--History.
Project Plowshare (U.S.)--History.


Nuclear energy--Industrial applications--History.--United States
Nuclear explosions--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

TK9153 / .P765 2013