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S/P/515. Eisenhower's ‘Atoms for Peace' initiative and factors that underpinned it

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2011
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The paper examines the political and economic background of the programme ‘Atoms for Peace’ proposed by US President Eisenhower in 1953. Interpretations of the programme are reviewed with references to the international political landscape of the period. The paper argues that it was a powerful tool of propaganda aimed to project a positive image of the USA against the militarism of the Soviet Union.

 

KEYWORDS: Eisenhower, Atoms for Peace, propaganda, USA, Soviet Union,

 
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