This is an online module that includes short video lectures and informational slides. Students will learn what the issues that lead to the negotiation of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, what other options that the United States considered, and the main features of the agreement that was reached as articulated in the treaty.
Recommended Reading:
– Special Issue of the International History Review: The Origins of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime Edited by Roland Popp & Andreas Wenger, vol 36, 2014, especially articles by Swango, Krige, Burr & Hilfrich.