Uranium Matters : Central European Uranium in International Politics, 1900-1960

Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Part 1 Unparalleled Power -- Terminal -- The Race for the Ultimate Weapon -- Uranium Monopoly and the Division of Europe -- The Erzgebirge and the Soviet Uranium Gap -- Notes -- Part 2 The Erzgebirge Region -- The Silver Mines and Healing Springs -- An Early Atomic Age in the Erzgebirge -- National Tensions in Jáchymov -- Sickness and Nationality -- Notes -- Part 3 The Politics of Czechoslovak Uranium -- A Fatal Friendship: Benes and Fierlinger -- A Proof of Friendship -- A Unique Treaty -- A Serious Diplomatic Embarrassment -- Industry with a Future: A National Asset or a National Disaster? -- The Secret Treaty Becomes a Subject for Debate -- The "Geological Service" -- The Uranium Factor -- Scarce Labor -- The Czech Gulag Archipelago: Introducing the System -- The Security Zone -- Daily Life at Vojna -- Spy Mania -- The Turn of the Screw -- The Fate of Svatopluk Rada -- Notes -- Part 4 Wismut AG: A State Within a State -- The Consequences of War -- Wismut and War Reparations -- Maltsev and His Team -- Soldiers of the Party -- Migration into the Erzgebirge -- Labor and Its Shortage -- The Soviet Secret Police and Its Assistants -- From Compulsory to Voluntary Employment -- An Overview of the Wismut Workforce, 1946-1953 -- Becoming a Model Enterprise -- Uranium Towns -- Justice in the Uranium Province -- The Cold War of Words and Spies -- The Miners Between Riot and Adjustment -- Radiation Damage and Accidents -- A Final Remark on the Special Position of Wismut AG -- Notes -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Archives -- Bibliography -- Name Index