CONTENTS 



Case One — The Baruch Plan: U.S. Diplomacy Enters the Nuclear Age: Pag« 



Statement of the Case 1521 



Importance of the Case 1522 



How the Case Developed 1522 



U.S. Involvement 1523 



Role of Congress 1524 



Outcome 1524 



Assessment 1524 



General Lessons From the Study 1526 



Author's Reassessment 1528 



Need for Congressional Involvement 1528 



Some Illustrative Questions 1529 



Case Two — Commercial Nuclear Power in Europe: The Interaction of 

 Diplomacy With a New Technology: 



Statement of the Case 1529 



Importance of the Case 1529 



How the Case Developed 1530 



Purposes of the IAEA 1531 



European Regional Organizations 1531 



Non- Proliferation Treaty 1532 



U.S. Involvement "1 1533 



U.S. Support of IAEA 1533 



U.S. Relationship to Euratom and NEA 1534 



U.S. Position on Safeguards 1535 



Role of Congress 1536 



The Congress and Agreements on Nonmilitary Uses 1536 



Outcome 1537 



Assessment 1537 



Author's Reassessment 1540 



Relevance of Study Themes Today 1541 



Some Lessons From the Study of Commercial Nuclear Power 1542 



Legislative Implications 1542 



Some Illustrative Questions 1543 



Channeling of U.S. Technical Assistance in Nuclear Power 1543 



The International Atomic Energy Agency 1544 



The IAEA as a "Testbed" 1544 



Euratom 1545 



Joint Euratom-U.S. Research 1545 



The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency 1545 



U.S. Nuclear Fuel Services 1545 



The Non-Proliferation Treaty and Safeguards 1546 



Case Three — The Political Legacy of the International Geophysiaal Year: 



Statement of the Case 1546 



Importance of the Case 1547 



How the Case Developed 1547 



IGY Concept Replaces That of TPY 1548 



Scientific Results of IGY 1549 



U.S. Involvement ; 1550 



Role of Congress 1550 



Outcome 1551 



The Space Program 1551 



Congressional Responses 1553 



Other Domestic and General EflFects of IGY 1553 



International Impacts 1554 



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