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Could the Nuclear Arms Race Have Been Stopped in 1946? - The Baruch Plan and the Failure of Atomic Control | Sleepy Facts About History
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In the immediate aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, American scientists and policymakers recognized that an unchecked nuclear arms race would lead to catastrophe. This episode explores the ambitious but ultimately doomed attempt to place the world's most destructive technology under international control. It examines the Acheson-Lilienthal Report, which proposed a radical system of global ownership over dangerous nuclear activities, and the subsequent Baruch Plan…
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