The Nuclear Club - How America and the World Policed the Atom from Hiroshima to Vietnam
Explore the complex history of nuclear nonproliferation in this 50-minute lecture by Dr. Jonathan R. Hunt. Delve into the paradoxical outcomes of U.S. and Soviet cooperation in finalizing the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons. Examine how nuclear powers and smaller states worked to prevent the rise of regional nuclear powers through global governance and U.S.-Soviet détente. Analyze the reinforcement of nuclear umbrellas and the internationalization of nuclear arms control, including the legitimation of military intervention for nuclear nonproliferation. Learn from Dr. Hunt, a historian of international relations and assistant professor of strategy at the U.S. Air War College, as he presents insights from his book "The Nuclear Club: How America and the World Policed the Atom from Hiroshima to Vietnam."