Nuclear Apartheid: The Quest for American Atomic Supremacy from World War II to the Present

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​ Nuclear​Apartheid Nuclear Apartheid The QuesT for AmericAn ATomic supremAcy from World WAr ii To The presenT shAne J. mAddock The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill © 2010 The universiTy of norTh cArolinA press All rights reserved. Designed by Courtney Leigh Baker and set in Arno Pro and Gotham by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Manufactured in the United States of America. The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Maddock, Shane J. Nuclear apartheid : the quest for American atomic supremacy from World War II to the present / Shane J. Maddock. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-8078-3355-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Nuclear weapons—Government policy—United States—History. 2. Nuclear arms control—United States—History. 3. Nuclear nonproliferation—United States—History. 4. Nuclear weapons—Government policy—Developing countries—History. 5. Nuclear arms control—Developing countries—History. 6. Nuclear nonproliferation—Developing countries—History. 7. United States—Foreign relations—Developing countries. 8. Developing countries—Foreign relations—United States. i. Title. JZ5645.m33 2010 327.1′7470973—dc22 2009032361 14 13 12 11 10 5 4 3 2 1 To my pArenTs, Michael Maddock and Sandra Jacobson This page intentionally left blank ...