Joining the Non-Proliferation Treaty

1. Introduction (John Bayliss and Yoko Iwama)

Part One: The US

2. Forecasting, Threat Assessments, and Nuclear Proliferation: The U.S. Case, 1960-1967 (William Burr)

3. After the Hegemony of the "Atoms for Peace" Program: Multilateral Nonproliferation Policy under the Nixon and Ford Administrations (Shinsuke Tomotsugu)

Part Two: NATO Allies

4. Placing NPT in the Context of UK Nuclear History (John Bayliss)

5. France's Relationship to NATO Defence strategy and the Western Non-Proliferation Regime (Dominique Mongin)

6. From Adenauer to Brandt: German Nuclear Ambitions and the Signing of the NPT (Oliver Bange)

7. `Canada's Affair with Nuclear Weapons: Building, Debating, Acquiring, Retiring (Don Mutton)

Part Three: Japan

8. Japan's Acquirement of Nuclear and Rocket Capabilities (Kenta Horio)

9. The Japanese Foreign Office, Eisaku Sato and his Decision to Join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (Yoko Iwama)

10. In the Shadow of China's Bomb: Defense Commitment, Nuclear Consultation, and Missile Defense in the U.S.-Japan Alliance, 1962-68 (Shingo Yoshida)

11. Examination of Japanese Nuclear Weapons Acquirement Scenarios by the Cabinet Research Office in the 1960s (Toshimitsu Kishi)

12. Conclusion (John Bayliss and Yoko Iwama)