Standing Upright Here: New Zealand in the Nuclear Age
Malcolm Templeton
2006
BOOK / ISBN 978-0-86473-540-9
NZ$49.95 (INCL. GST)
The events described in this book span most of the period, from the end of the Second World War until close to the end of the century, when New Zealand began to think for itself, and stand on its own feet as an independent nation. It follows an important thread in the development of New Zealand foreign policy, in the contexts of intergovernmental negotiation and, as it must in a democracy such as ours, the expression of the popular will.
The story begins with post-War investigations of possible peaceful uses of nuclear technology in New Zealand, and proceeds through many of the issues that have galvanised society – US and British nuclear tests in the Pacific, confrontations with France, the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, nuclear powered ship visits and ANZUS, the Nuclear Free legislation.
The events described in this book span most of the period, from the end of the Second World War until close to the end of the century, when New Zealand began to think for itself, and stand on its own feet as an independent nation. It follows an important thread in the development of New Zealand foreign policy, in the contexts of intergovernmental negotiation and, as it must in a democracy such as ours, the expression of the popular will.
The story begins with post-War investigations of possible peaceful uses of nuclear technology in New Zealand, and proceeds through many of the issues that have galvanised society – US and British nuclear tests in the Pacific, confrontations with France, the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone, nuclear powered ship visits and ANZUS, the Nuclear Free legislation.
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