1st Edition

Joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty Deterrence, Non-Proliferation and the American Alliance

224 Pages

by Routledge

224 Pages

by Routledge

224 Pages

by Routledge

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What were the calculations made by the US and its major allies in the 1960s when they faced the signing of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)? These were all states with the technological and financial capabilities to develop and possess nuclear weapons should they wish to do so. In the end, only the United Kingdom and France became nuclear weapon states. Eventually, all of them joined the... Read more

List of contributors

Introduction (Yoko Iwama)

Part I
1. Nuclear Proliferation and Conceptions of National Interest: The U.S. Case, 1960-1967 (William Burr)
2. After the Hegemony of the “Atoms for Peace” Programmeme: Multilateral Non-proliferation Policy under the Nixon and Ford Administrations (Shinsuke TOMOTSUGU)

Part II
3. Britain, the Deterrence/Non-Proliferation Dilemma and the NPT (John Baylis)
4. France’s Relationship to the NATO defense strategy and the Western non-Proliferation Regime (Dominique MONGIN)
5. Problem Solved? The German Nuclear Question and West Germany’s Accession to the NPT (1967-1975) (Andreas Lutsch)
6. Canada’s Affair with Nuclear Weapons: Building, Debating, Acquiring, Retiring (Don Munton)

Part III
7. Japan’s Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Diplomacy during the Cold War: The Myth and Reality of a Nuclear Bombed Country (Akira KUROSAKI)
8. The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Decision to Join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (Yoko Iwama)
9. In the Shadow of China’s Bomb: Nuclear Consultation, Commitment Reconfirmation, and Missile Defence in the U.S.-Japan Alliance, 1962-68 (Shingo Yoshida)

10. Conclusion (John Baylis)

Index