{"product_id":"inspectors-for-peace-a-history-of-the-international-atomic-energy-agency-hardcover","title":"Inspectors for Peace: A History of the International Atomic Energy Agency - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElisabeth Roehrlich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive, empirically grounded, and independent study of the history of the IAEA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe International Atomic Energy Agency, which sends inspectors around the world to prevent states from secretly developing nuclear bombs, has one of the most important jobs in international security. At the same time, the IAEA is a global hub for the exchange of nuclear science and technology for peaceful purposes. Yet spreading nuclear materials and know-how around the world bears the unwanted risk of helping what the agency aims to halt: the emergence of new nuclear weapon states. In \u003ci\u003eInspectors for Peace\u003c\/i\u003e, Elisabeth Roehrlich unravels the IAEA's paradoxical mission of sharing nuclear knowledge and technology while seeking to deter nuclear weapon programs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFounded in 1957 in an act of unprecedented cooperation between the Cold War superpowers, the agency developed from a small technical bureaucracy in war-torn Vienna to a key organization in the global nuclear order. Roehrlich argues that the IAEA's dual mandate, though apparently contradictory, was pivotal in ensuring the organization's legitimacy, acceptance, and success. For its first decade of existence, the IAEA was primarily a scientific and technical organization; it was not until the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons entered into force in 1970 that the agency took on the far-reaching verification and inspection role for which it is now most widely known. While the Fukushima nuclear disaster and the Iran negotiations made the IAEA's name famous, the organization's remarkable history remains strikingly absent from public knowledge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on extensive archival research, including firsthand access to newly opened records at the IAEA Archives in Vienna, \u003ci\u003e Inspectors for Peace\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first comprehensive, empirically grounded, and independent study on the history of the IAEA. Roehrlich also interviewed leading policymakers and officials, including Hans Blix and Nobel Peace laureate Mohamed ElBaradei, the agency's former heads. This book offers insight not only for students, scholars, and policy experts but for anyone interested in the history of the nuclear age, the Cold War, and the role of international organizations in shaping our world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElisabeth Roehrlich \u003c\/b\u003eis an assistant professor of history at the University of Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 344\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47411211042994,"sku":"9781421443331","price":102.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b436f0a723f93db00dddbad64e1c3685.webp?v=1778295014","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/inspectors-for-peace-a-history-of-the-international-atomic-energy-agency-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}