ABSTRACT
This book examines the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act of 1978 and other stringent non-proliferation laws that seek to tighten U.S. nuclear export criteria and strengthen the international non-proliferation regime. It juxtaposes efforts of nuclear managers with those of reformers who remain intent on strengthening safeguards to prevent horizontal proliferation. Dr. Beckman looks at the development of the Atoms for Peace program, the mindset that grew up along with it, and the shifts in congressional thought about the promise and problems of the peaceful nuclear fuel cycle.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|112 pages
Primus Inter Pares
part 2|77 pages
Nuclear Dawn: Throwing Light on Hazards
part 3|69 pages
Legislative Maneuvering
part 4|76 pages
Congressional Constraints on Presidential Flexibility
part 5|62 pages
Reexamination, Realism, and Reassertion