Atoms for Peace 1811772 225003932 2008-07-11T12:18:59Z Saippuakauppias 729112 /* References */ linkfix [[Image:Atoms for Peace stamp.jpg|right|frame|The Atoms for Peace program distributed nuclear technology, materials, and know-how to many countries with less advanced research.]] '''"Atoms for Peace"''' was the title of a speech delivered by U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] to the [[UN General Assembly]] in New York City on [[December 8]], [[1953]]. {{quote|I feel impelled to speak today in a language that in a sense is new—one which I, who have spent so much of my life in the military profession, would have preferred never to use. That new language is the language of atomic warfare.}} The United States then launched an "Atoms for Peace" program that supplied equipment and information to schools, hospitals, and research institutions within the U.S. and throughout the world. ==Philosophy of Atoms for Peace== The speech was possibly a tipping point for international focus on peaceful uses of atomic energy, even during the early stages of the [[Cold War]]. It could be argued that Eisenhower, with some influence from [[Albert Einstein]], was attempting to convey a spirit of comfort to a terrified world that the horror of [[Hiroshima]] and [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]] would not be experienced again. It represents an ostensible antithesis to the international intrigue that subsequently kept the world at the edge of [[brinksmanship]]. Eisenhower's invoking of "...those same great concepts of universal peace and human dignity which are so clearly etched in..." the [[UN Charter]], placed new emphasis upon the US's grave [[Moral responsibility|responsibility]] for its nuclear actions— past, present and future. In a large way, this address laid down the rules of engagement for the new kind of warfare, the [[cold war]]. In the heavy field of today's superpower politics and technological progress, one might recall: *"It is with the book of history, and not with isolated pages, that the United States will ever wish to be identified. My country wants to be constructive, not destructive. It wants agreement, not wars, among nations. It wants itself to live in freedom, and in the confidence that the people of every other nation enjoy equally the right of choosing their own way of life." *"To the making of these fateful decisions, the United States pledges before you--and therefore before the world--its determination to help solve the fearful atomic dilemma--to devote its entire heart and mind to find the way by which the miraculous inventiveness of man shall not be dedicated to his death, but consecrated to his life." <gallery> Image:Nitsche Erik - General Dynamics, Atoms for peace.jpg|<center>Japanese</center> Image:Nitsche Erik - Atom for peace Indian.jpg|<center>Hindi</center> Image:Nitsche Erik - Atom for peace Russian.jpg|<center>Russian</center> Image:Nitsche Erik - Atom for peace German.jpg|<center>German</center> </gallery> ==See also== * [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA) * [[Atoms for Peace Award]] * [[Nuclear proliferation]] * [[Gammator]] * [[Shippingport Reactor]] * [[NS Savannah]] * [[Nuclear power plant]] * [[Operation Plowshare]] ==External links== * [[Image:Sound-icon.png|18px]] [http://world-nuclear-university.org/html/atoms_for_peace/ Full transcript and original recording (via the webpages link)] * [http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/atom10.htm Original annotated draft of speech] ==References== * [http://web.archive.org/web/20070509221500/http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/atom1.htm Atoms for Peace] (info) Dwight David Eisenhower - December 8, 1953 (archived) [http://web.archive.org/web/20070524054513/http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/atoms.htm Atoms for Peace] (speech) Dwight David Eisenhower - December 8, 1953 (archived version) [[Category:Cold War speeches]] [[Category:1953 in politics]] [[Category:1953 in the United States]] [[Category:1953 works]] [[Category:Dwight D. Eisenhower]] [[Category:Nuclear history of the United States]] [[Category:Nuclear technology]] [[Category:Nuclear technology in the United States]] [[Category:United Nations]] [[Category:United States presidential speeches]] {{US-poli-stub}} [[de:Atoms for Peace]] [[es:Átomos para la Paz]] [[fa:اتم برای صلح]]