Gathering rare ores
Subtitle: the diplomacy of uranium acquisition, 1943-1954
By: Jonathan E. Helmreich.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Princeton, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Nuclear energy -- Government policy -- United States -- History.; Nuclear industry -- Political aspects -- History.; Uranium industry -- Political aspects -- History.; World politics -- 1945-1955.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States.
Description: "This is a comprehensive study of one of the most startling examples of dollar diplomacy--the effort of the United States and the United Kingdom to monopolize the free world's supply of uranium and thorium during and immediately following World War II."--Amazon.com.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 287-291.
Includes index.