Nuclear Arms Control

Background and Issues

Editor: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309034913
eISBN Pdf: 9780309554602
Lloc de publicació: United States
Any de publicació digital: 1985
Mes: Gener
Pàgines: 391
DDC: 600
Idioma: Anglés

Descripció

This nontechnical overview of developments in nuclear arms control describes how the United States and the Soviet Union arrived at their present positions—and where they might go from here. According to Foreign Affairs, "This book is proof that the complexities of arms control can be successfully explained in a nontechnical, and even more importantly, nonpartisan manner....It presents the key issues in a clear, thorough, and remarkably up-to-date way....Strongly recommended as a primary source for classroom and public discussions."

Cover
Front Matter
1 Overview
2 Strategic Offensive Nuclear Arms Control
3 The Nuclear Freeze
4 The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Negotiations
5 Strategic Defensive Arms Control: The SALT I Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty
6 Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Arms Control
7 Nuclear Test Bans
8 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
Acronyms
Appendix A SALT I Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms
Appendix B SALT II Treaty
Appendix C SALT I ABM Treaty
Appendix D Limited Test Ban Treaty
Appendix E Threshold Test Ban Treaty
Appendix F Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty
Appendix G Non-Proliferation Treaty
Index