Finding a home for arms control : the origins of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1945-1961)

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dc.contributor.advisorSuri, Jeremi
dc.creatorBuchleiter, Jonathan Alan
dc.creator.orcid0000-0001-5201-455X
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-09T01:48:25Z
dc.date.available2022-11-09T01:48:25Z
dc.date.created2021-12
dc.date.issued2021-12-03
dc.date.submittedDecember 2021
dc.date.updated2022-11-09T01:48:26Z
dc.description.abstractThe advent of nuclear weapons in 1945 left US policymakers simultaneously heartened and horrified. Atomic bombs epitomized the apex of American power at the end of World War II, but the destructiveness of these new weapons also posed grave dangers to the US and the world. This paper explores US policymakers’ efforts to rein in atomic energy, first through proposed frameworks for international control and later through multilateral and bilateral limitations on nuclear weapons. Early efforts struggled to gain traction due to both persistent international tensions and an insufficient institutional framework to develop and promote arms control measures within the growing national security establishment. I argue that addressing the deficiencies of US arms control and disarmament policy helped enable diplomatic successes when conditions for compromise arose during the Cold War. Establishing the semi-autonomous Arms Control and Disarmament Agency with a sizable budget, sufficient staff, and empowered director served as a critical step to research and negotiation arms control and nonproliferation agreements during the 1960s and 1970s
dc.description.departmentHistory
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2152/116609
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26153/tsw/43504
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectDisarmament
dc.subjectArms control
dc.subjectNuclear weapons
dc.subjectTruman
dc.subjectEisenhower
dc.subjectKennedy
dc.subjectACDA
dc.titleFinding a home for arms control : the origins of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1945-1961)
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentHistory
thesis.degree.disciplineHistory
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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