Security vs. Survival: The Nuclear Arms Race

✍ Scribed by Theresa C. Smith (editor); Indu B. Singh (editor)

Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
Year: 2023
Tongue: English
Leaves: 208
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Presenting a wide range of views, scientists, theoreticians, and public officials of international reputation explore the dynamics of the arms race, the potential costs of arms racing without short-term boundaries, and the prospects for arms control.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION: SOVIET-U.S. RELATIONS AND THE PROSPECTS FOR ARMS CONTROL
1 ISSUES IN U.S.-SOVIET NUCLEAR DEFENSE POLICY
2 PERSPECTIVES ON LIMITED NUCLEAR WAR
3 NUCLEAR ARMS FUTURES
4 CENTRAL NUCLEAR WAR: COMMENTS, CONCEPTS, AND CONTEXTS
5 MILITARY SPENDING AND THE U.S. ECONOMY
6 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR WAR
7 MEDICAL CONSEQUENCES OF NUCLEAR WAR
8 A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ARMS CONTROL RECORD
SELECTED PROVISIONS OF SUPERPOWER ARMS CONTROL ACCORDS
GLOSSARY
INDEX
ABOUT THE BOOK AND EDITORS

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