Nuclear arms control: background and issues
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Based on a two-day tutorial on the problems of arms control and international security held by the National Academy of Sciences in 1984, this timely and authoritative volume describes the history and status of the arms control debate and presents a wide variety of views in a nontechnical, nonpartisan fashion. Covering the major agreements and proposals directed at the control of nuclear arms, it presents an overview of the historical development of present U.S. and Soviet positions on specific …
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- Full title :Nuclear arms control : background and issues / Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences.
Summary
Based on a two-day tutorial on the problems of arms control and international security held by the National Academy of Sciences in 1984, this timely and authoritative volume describes the history and status of the arms control debate and presents a wide variety of views in a nontechnical, nonpartisan fashion. Covering the major agreements and proposals directed at the control of nuclear arms, it presents an overview of the historical development of present U.S. and Soviet positions on specific proposals and identifies the issues on which opinion is divided. Topics include : strategic offensive nuclear arms control, the nuclear freeze, INF negotiations, the ABM treaty, ASAT arms control, nuclear test bans and nuclear nonproliferation. ISBN 0-309-03491-4 (pbk.) : $16.50.
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- Publication Date:1985.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):National Academy Press
- Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1985.
Notes
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:x, 378 pages ; : 23 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0309034914, 9780309034913
- oclc:ocm11571170
- LC Classification:JX1974.7
- Dewey Decimal:327.1/74/0973
Table of Contents
Overview -- Strategic offensive nuclear arms control -- The nuclear freeze -- The intermediate-range nuclear force (INF) negotiations -- Strategic defensive arms control: the SALT I anti-ballistic missile (ABM) treaty -- Anti-satellite (ASAT) arms control -- Nuclear test bans -- Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
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