Abstract
The atomic bomb was born in secrecy. After the war, scientists and statesmen committed themselves to develop the promise of nuclear energy without the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The most obvious tool available to them was secrecy. But secrecy was not the sword that could easily be beaten into the plowshare. It proved to be a double-edged sword. It could not stop the spread of basic scientific information, and it turned out to be a weapon for marketing information to promote political aims. It served that purpose in promoting President Carter policy to stop reprocessing of spent fuel. (author)
Rossin, A D
[1]
- Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford, California (United States)
Citation Formats
Rossin, A D.
Secrecy and misguided policy.
France: N. p.,
2001.
Web.
Rossin, A D.
Secrecy and misguided policy.
France.
Rossin, A D.
2001.
"Secrecy and misguided policy."
France.
@misc{etde_20285972,
title = {Secrecy and misguided policy}
author = {Rossin, A D}
abstractNote = {The atomic bomb was born in secrecy. After the war, scientists and statesmen committed themselves to develop the promise of nuclear energy without the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The most obvious tool available to them was secrecy. But secrecy was not the sword that could easily be beaten into the plowshare. It proved to be a double-edged sword. It could not stop the spread of basic scientific information, and it turned out to be a weapon for marketing information to promote political aims. It served that purpose in promoting President Carter policy to stop reprocessing of spent fuel. (author)}
place = {France}
year = {2001}
month = {Jul}
}
title = {Secrecy and misguided policy}
author = {Rossin, A D}
abstractNote = {The atomic bomb was born in secrecy. After the war, scientists and statesmen committed themselves to develop the promise of nuclear energy without the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The most obvious tool available to them was secrecy. But secrecy was not the sword that could easily be beaten into the plowshare. It proved to be a double-edged sword. It could not stop the spread of basic scientific information, and it turned out to be a weapon for marketing information to promote political aims. It served that purpose in promoting President Carter policy to stop reprocessing of spent fuel. (author)}
place = {France}
year = {2001}
month = {Jul}
}