In the aftermath of World War II, as France sought a distinctive role for itself in the modern, postcolonial world, the nation and its leaders enthusiastically embraced large technological projects in
In the aftermath of World War II, as France sought a distinctive role for itself in the modern, postcolonial world, the nation and its leaders enthusiastically embraced large technological projects in
Uranium from Africa has long been a major source of fuel for nuclear power and atomicweapons, including the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. In 2002, George W. Bush claimed that SaddamHussein had "sought si
The Cold War was not simply a duel of superpowers. It took place not just inWashington and Moscow but also in the social and political arenas of geographically far-flungcountries emerging from colonia
Discusses what guidelines define a nation as "nuclear," and examines the relationships between developing nations with large contents of raw uranium and nuclear power nations, who are often former col
Winner of the 1999 Herbert Baxter Adams Prize of the American Historical Association. and Winner of the 2001 Edelstein Prize (formerly the Dexter Prize) presented by the Society for the History of Tec
