Kaufman, Scott, 1969-

Project Plowshare the peaceful use of nuclear explosives in Cold War America / [electronic resource] : Scott Kaufman. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013. - xiv, 295 p.

Includes bibliographical references 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?.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780801465833 (electronic bk.)




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


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


Electronic books.

TK9153 / .K38 2013

621.48