South Africa remains the only state that developed a nuclear weapons capability, but ultimately decided to dismantle existing weapons and abandon the programme. Disarming Apartheid reconstructs the South African decision-making and diplomatic negotiations over the country's nuclear weapons programme and its international status, drawing on new and extensive archival material and interviews. This deeply researched study brings to light a unique disarmament experience. It traces the country's previously neglected path towards accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Rather than relying primarily on US government archives, the book joins the burgeoning field of national nuclear histories based on unprecedented access to policymakers and documents in the country studied. Robin E. Möser, in addition to providing access to important new documents, offers original interpretations that enrich the study of nuclear politics for historians and political scientists.
Recenzijas
'In Disarming Apartheid, Robin E. Möser provides an insightful and well-researched analysis of apartheid South Africa's nuclear-disarmament process. The book builds on three decades of scholarship and illuminates pathway for rolling back a nuclear-weapons program.' Stephen F. Burgess, The Nonproliferation Review
Papildus informācija
Brings to the fore apartheid South Africa's unique disarmament experience and traces its uncharted the path towards NPT accession.
Introduction;
1. The Development of Pretoria's Nuclear Industry and
Relations with the IAEA, 195077;
2. Towards Nuclear Weapons Away from
Safeguards: the NPT Position, 19771981;
3. Nuclear Diplomacy: NPT Defiance
vs. Non-Proliferation Efforts, 198188;
4. Towards the End of South Africa's
Nuclear Weapons and NPT Negotiations, 198889;
5. South African Movement
Towards NPT Signature, 199091;
6. Post-NPT Accession: Champion of
Non-Proliferation Norms or Recalcitrant Proliferation Hot Spot?;
Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
Robin Möser studied African Studies and Global Studies at the University of Leipzig (Germany). He holds a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Global and Area Studies (University of Leipzig). In 2020, he received the Katharina Windscheid Prize from the University of Leipzig for his outstanding Ph.D. thesis.
