Banca de DEFESA: DEBORA JACINTHO DE FARIA

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STUDENT : DEBORA JACINTHO DE FARIA
DATE: 26/09/2022
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: PPGHIS
TITLE:

Congress and the Atom: Debates on the Nuclear Issue in the United States – 1945-1950

KEY WORDS:

Atomic Energy; Cold War; Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; Atomic Energy Commission; National Security; Hegemony

PAGES: 183
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: História
SUMMARY:

This dissertation aims to analyze the participation of Congress in the United States institution building in the context of atomic energy regulation during the early Cold War. The United States, emerging as the major hegemonic power after World War II, began to exercise the role of global leadership. Hence, it has undergone transformations and paradigm shifts in foreign and domestic policy. The enterprise of the atom was one of the most relevant policies in determining the new world order. Thus, after the nuclear bombs exploded in Japan in August 1945, a national effort was made to regulate the new technology. The United States then experienced challenges reconciling the mobilization for national security and guaranteeing traditional American values. Thus, the research investigated the involvement of the American Parliament in atomic policymaking from 1945 to 1950 through the approval of the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 and the transfer of authority from the military to a civilian agency. The relationship between the two bodies created by the legislation, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), connected to the Executive, and the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE), from the Legislature, was addressed. Finally, the dissertation discussed the relationship between the powers, the conflicts related to secrecy and security, the partisan dynamics of the period, and the establishment of an institutional apparatus dedicated to controlling the use and development of atomic energy.

BANKING MEMBERS:
Interno - 1714125 - CARLOS EDUARDO VIDIGAL
Externo à Instituição - CRISTINA SOREANU PECEQUILO
Externo à Instituição - MATHIEU TURGEON
Externo ao Programa - 1549209 - THIAGO GEHRE GALVAO
Presidente - 2308048 - VIRGILIO CAIXETA ARRAES