| ID | 108810 |
| Title Proper | Test Ban and the 1956 election |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Steiner, Barry H |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956, has been called "the first national political leader to take a clear-cut position for the limitation of [nuclear weapons] testing."[1] In his 1956 campaign against President Dwight Eisenhower, the former Illinois governor capitalized on widespread fear of radiation from nuclear weapons tests to propose a testing moratorium, but he had not intended to make the tests a major campaign issue at first. |
| `In' analytical Note | Arms Control Today Vol. 41, No.10; Dec 2011: p.49-52 |
| Journal Source | Arms Control Today Vol. 41, No.10; Dec 2011: p.49-52 |
| Key Words | Adlai Stevenson ; Nuclear Weapons ; National Security Council ; Test Ban ; CTBT |