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Author: Alexander T. Lennon
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780262621663
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscussions of key domestic and international aspects of missile defense, arms control, and arms races.
Author: Robert W. Tucker
Publisher: Holmes & Meier Publishers
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 152
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOm den nukleare afskrækkelses dalende troværdighed, og med forfatterens diskussion af mulige alternativer, her f.eks konventionelle styrker, politiske forhandlingsløsninger, nedrustning og våbenkontrol.
Author: Benjamin P. Greene
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780804754453
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBased on extensive research in government archives and private papers, this book analyzes the secret debate within the Eisenhower administration over the pursuit of a nuclear test-ban agreement. In contrast to much recent scholarship, this study concludes that Eisenhower strongly desired to reach an accord with the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom to cease nuclear weapons testing. For Eisenhower, a test ban would ease Cold War tensions, slow the nuclear arms race, and build confidence toward disarmament; however, he faced continual resistance from his early scientific advisers, most notably Lewis L. Strauss and Edward Teller. Extensive research into previously unavailable government archival sources and collections of private manuscripts reveals the manipulative acts of test-ban opponents and other factors that inhibited Eisenhower s actions throughout his presidency. Meticulously analyzed, these sources underscore Eisenhower's dependence on the counsel of his science advisors, such as Strauss, James R. Killian, and George B. Kistiakowsky, to determine the course he pursued in regard to several components of his national security strategy. In addition to its comprehensive analysis of the test-ban debate, this book makes important contributions to the scholarly literature assessing Eisenhower's leadership and his approach to arms control. "
Author: Herbert M. Levine
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 1986-01-01
Total Pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780070098626
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Martin Gitlin
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-12-15
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 153450138X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFollowing the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the twentieth century was haunted by the specter of nuclear annihilation. Locked in a hostile embrace, the U.S. and the USSR engaged in a ruinous arms race preparing for the kind of war no one wanted and no one could win. Though the Cold War ended, the dangers of nuclear proliferation remain, with poorly secured nuclear weapons and materials vulnerable to theft, sale, accident, or misuse. The many debates over the years surrounding the arms race, proliferation, deterrence, and security are collected here to provide readers with a fine-grained sense of the international tensions, political urgency, diplomatic strategies, and global fears that have long underlined the effort to build and maintain nuclear arsenals.
Author: David Carlton
Publisher:
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 366
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe volume contains papers presented to the Eleventh Course of the International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts (ISODARCO) held in August 1986 at San Miniato, Italy. Attention was focused on the international aspects of arms control and disarmament.
Author: Christopher A. Kojm
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles-Philippe David
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-04-08
Total Pages: 377
ISBN-13: 042971274X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSince the U.S. presidential elections of 1980, debate has intensified between those who believe that nuclear weapons can only deter a war not intended to be fought and those who see nuclear weapons as an advancement in weaponry that allows for the waging and winning of a nuclear war. At the focal point of this debate is the rise of the “counterforc
Author: Ernest W. Lefever (red.)
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780896330634
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis document contains 31 position papers that reflect a wide range of views on nuclear arms policy held by political leaders, religious authorities, scholars, policy experts, journalists, and political activists. Since no judgments are made, the reader is left to decide which arguments are most compelling. Each position paper is arranged into one of five sections: "Arms Control Issues,""The Peace Movement,""The Apocalyptic Premise,""The Churches and Nuclear Arms," and "Official Views." Each essay is preceded by a brief introduction, pointing out main themes and relating both complementary and opposing contributors to one another. Also included is a chart showing the comparative strengths of NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in Europe, a five-part bibliography corresponding to the five divisions of the text, and an index of names. (APG)
Author: Ronald E. Powaski
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 0195364546
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRonald E. Powaski offers the first complete, accessible history of the events, forces, and factors that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. He traces the evolution of the nuclear arms race from FDR's decision to develop an atomic bomb to Reagan's decision to continue its expansion in the 1980's. Focusing on the forces that have propelled the arms race and the reasons behind the repeated failures to check the proliferation of nuclear weapons, Powaski discusses such topics as the Manhattan Project, the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima, the debate over whether to share atomic information, the effect of nuclear weapons on U.S. military and foreign policy, and the role of these weapons in arms control negotiations in the last five presidential administrations.
