International Nuclear Controls Exam

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The Nonproliferation Regime: Its History and Key Premises

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1. How did the authors of the Acheson-Lilienthal Report and the Baruch plan view the strategic military threat posed by nuclear weapons?

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2. What did the Acheson-Lilienthal Report and Baruch Plan propose to mitigate or eliminate the threat of atomic war/nuclear proliferation?

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3. Which of the following facilities and activities were considered safe nuclear activities and materials by the Acheson-Lilienthal Report?

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4. Which of the following facilities and activities were considered dangerous nuclear activities and materials by the authors of the Acheson-Lilienthal Report?

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5. Why did the authors of the Acheson-Lilienthal Report conclude that a system based solely on international inspections of nuclear activities would not be effective?

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6. The timely warning criteria that we talk about today for safeguards is the same idea that is discussed in the Acheson-Lilienthal report when they talk about time adequate in relation to safeguards. What does time adequate refer to?

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7. The Acheson-Lilienthal Report assumed that, with regard to uranium:

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8. In the Baruch Plan, what was proposed that was NOT included in the Acheson-Lilienthal report?

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9. The military threat posed by nuclear weapons described by the Acheson-Lilienthal Report and Baruch Plan:

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10. What specific nuclear threat was Eisenhower and the creators of the Atoms for Peace program seized with?

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11. In trying to eliminate the threat of knockout blows against American military industrial capacity, Eisenhower’s original Atoms for Peace proposal

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12. Which of the following was wrong with Eisenhower’s vision of the next nuclear war?

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