Michael Gottesman

Mr. Gottesman will study the cases that led to the evolution of Winston Churchill's attitude toward nuclear weapons between 1945 and 1954. While he had initially welcomed the diplomatic and strategic leverage brought on by the advent of the atomic bomb, by the end of his political career Churchill began to warn of the catastrophic danger nuclear weapons posed. At Cambridge University, Mr. Gottesman looks forward to researching, among others, the Churchill Archives Center. He hopes to turn his research project into a chapter in a book or an essay in a journal.