Containing Technology and Allies Alike: The Cold War, Intra-NATO Relations, and the U.S. Centrifuge Classification Initiative, 1958–1962

IF 0.7 2区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY Journal of Cold War Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI:10.1162/jcws_a_01091
Elmar Hellendoorn
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Abstract This article discusses how West European governments reacted to U.S. efforts to control the emergence and spread of gaseous diffusion and ultracentrifuge technology for uranium enrichment. The article focuses on Dutch, British, and West German Cold War perspectives on nuclear technological cooperation with the United States. U.S. insistence on maintaining secrecy around the ultracentrifuge was driven not only by technological and nuclear nonproliferation concerns but also by overarching Cold War dynamics at the time of the 1961 Berlin crisis and NATO's nuclear modernization. The Dutch–West German exploration of bilateral nuclear cooperation on gas centrifuges and the subsequent U.S. classification efforts also reveal a story of transatlantic competition over technological ambitions, commercial interests, and Western Europe's strategic potential. The article thus highlights the intersection of the history of science and technology and Cold War diplomatic and nuclear history, combining fresh material from Dutch archives with U.S. and British primary sources.
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包含技术和盟友:冷战、北约内部关系和美国离心机分类倡议,1958-1962
本文讨论了西欧各国政府对美国控制用于铀浓缩的气体扩散和超离心技术的出现和传播的努力的反应。本文重点讨论了荷兰、英国和西德在冷战时期对美核技术合作的看法。美国坚持对超离心机保密,不仅是出于对技术和核不扩散的担忧,也是由于1961年柏林危机和北约核现代化期间的总体冷战态势。荷兰和西德在气体离心机方面的双边核合作探索,以及随后美国的分类努力,也揭示了大西洋两岸在技术雄心、商业利益和西欧战略潜力方面的竞争。这篇文章结合了来自荷兰档案的新材料和美国和英国的第一手资料,突出了科学技术史与冷战外交和核历史的交集。
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