SEABORG, Glenn T.; Benjamin S. Loeb.
Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban.
Berkeley: University of California Press , 1981.
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First Edition of Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban; inscribed by Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist Glenn Seaborg
First edition of this inside story of the first treaty between the US, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom on nuclear weapons. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated with black and white photographs. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To Chuck Williamson, My fellow A.H.S. Board member, Glenn Seaborg Jan. 22, 1983." Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Written with the assistance of Benjamin S. Loeb. Foreword by W. Averell Harriman. Jacket design by Graphics Two. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. Newspaper clipping of "The Elements By Any Other Name..." from Popular Science magazine about the naming of Glenn Seaborg's element laid in. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
Glenn T. Seaborg (1912–1999) was a prominent American chemist and nuclear scientist best known for his co-discovery of plutonium and several other transuranic elements, work that earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1951. Beyond his scientific achievements, Seaborg played a significant role in U.S. science policy, serving as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission from 1961 to 1971, where he advocated for nuclear disarmament and peaceful applications of atomic energy. Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban offers an insider’s account of the political and scientific negotiations that led to the 1963 Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty between the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom. He provides a detailed narrative of the interplay between Cold War diplomacy, arms control policy, and public health concerns over radioactive fallout. The book highlights President John F. Kennedy’s strategic balancing of national security interests with international cooperation, and frames the treaty as a significant step toward nuclear restraint during a period of intense geopolitical tension.
Kennedy, Khrushchev and the Test Ban.
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