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Chapter One The Strategic Setting

Joseph Levitt

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Pearson and Canada's Role in Nuclear Disarmament and Arms Control Negotiations, 1945-1957

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Chapters in this book

Front Matter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 3
The Strategic Setting 11
Pearson on the Superpower Confrontation 43
Canada and the Baruch Plan, 1945-46 75
The Propaganda Wars: Defending the Baruch Plan, 1947-49 107
The Erosion of the Majority Plan, 1950-53 137
Narrowing the Gap between East and West, 1954-55 166
Working to Maintain Franco-American Harmony, 1955-56 192
Final Negotiations, 1956-57. The Nuclear Test Ban and Aerial Inspection 225
Conclusion 264
Key Actors and Meetings 287
Bibliography 317
Index 327

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Chapters in this book

Front Matter i
Contents v
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 3
The Strategic Setting 11
Pearson on the Superpower Confrontation 43
Canada and the Baruch Plan, 1945-46 75
The Propaganda Wars: Defending the Baruch Plan, 1947-49 107
The Erosion of the Majority Plan, 1950-53 137
Narrowing the Gap between East and West, 1954-55 166
Working to Maintain Franco-American Harmony, 1955-56 192
Final Negotiations, 1956-57. The Nuclear Test Ban and Aerial Inspection 225
Conclusion 264
Key Actors and Meetings 287
Bibliography 317
Index 327

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