In March 1983, Ronald Reagan made one of the most controversial announcements of his presidency when he called on the nation's scientists and engineers to develop a defensive shield so impenetrable as to make nuclear weapons "impotent and obsolete." This book provides the first …
Nuclear arms control: background and issues
Nuclear arms control: background and issues
Nuclear Arms Control: Background and Issues
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 non…
Given debates surrounding the emerging "new Cold War," this book provides a much needed revisit into the US foreign policy nuclear domain during the 1945-1990 period. Across nine chapters, the monograph traces the United States nuclear diplomacy and Presidential strategic though…
Given debates surrounding the emerging "new Cold War," this book provides a much needed revisit into the US foreign policy nuclear domain during the 1945-1990 period. Across nine chapters, the monograph traces the United States nuclear diplomacy and Presidential strategic though…