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Overview"On July 16, 1945, the United States set off the world's first atomic explosion. In his """"Atoms for Peace"""" speech of 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower captured the tensions_and the ironies_of the atomic age. While nuclear devastation threatened all nations, Eisenhower believed only nuclear preparedness offered protection; while nuclear weapons loomed as the ultimate war cloud, nuclear power offered progress and hope. In this consideration of Eisenhower's speech and others leading up to it, Ira Chernus views the """"Atoms for Peace"""" speech, presented to the General Assembly of the United Nations, not merely as a legitimation of American foreign policy but as itself an act of policy. Indeed, he frames the policy in a new interpretation of Eisenhower's broad discursive goal, which he calls """"apocalypse management,"""" a plan to allow the United States to manage threats and crises around the world. The full text of Eisenhower's speech is presented in this volume. Chernus sheds new light on the internal consistency of Eisenhower's thought, which many observers have found inconsistent, as well as on the ways in which the president's rhetoric backed him into a policy corner he had not intended to occupy. Chernus also reviews the domestic impact of the speech through a detailed examination of media interpretations in the United States. This tightly reasoned, clearly written study offers a new understanding of the evolution of Cold War nuclear policy, the power of presidential rhetoric, and the political understanding of America's """"man of peace,"""" Dwight D. Eisenhower." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ira ChernusPublisher: Texas A & M University Press Imprint: Texas A & M University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.390kg ISBN: 9781585442195ISBN 10: 1585442194 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 30 November 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationIRA CHERNUS is a professor of religious studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is co-director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program at the University of Colorado and a frequent columnist for the History News Service. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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