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Author Koplow, David A

Title By Fire and Ice Dismantling Chemical Weapons While Preserving the Environment
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (373 p.)
Series Routledge Library Editions: Cold War Security Studies ; v.9
Routledge Library Editions: Cold War Security Studies
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Introduction to the Series -- Preface -- I Introduction -- Endnotes -- II The Public Policy of Arms Control -- A. Dismantling Obligations Under Early Treaties -- B. Immodest Contention over Modest Accomplishments -- C. The Modern Era of Real Reductions -- D. Conversion of Defense Assets -- Endnotes -- III The Public Policy of Chemical Weaponry -- A. The Evolution of Chemical Warfare -- B. The Evolution of the CWC -- C. The CWC's Elimination Requirements
D. The Existing CW Arsenals -- 1. The active stockpile -- 2. Non-stockpile materiel -- 3. CW-related facilities -- 4. Projected costs -- Endnotes -- IV The Public Policy of Environmental Protection -- A. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) -- B. Clean Air Act (CAA) -- C. Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) -- D. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) -- E. Clean Water Act (CWA) -- F. Other Environmental Laws Relevant to the CWC -- G. Other Relevant Legislation -- Endnotes -- V Resolving Legal Conflicts: The Supremacy Clause
A. Treaties and Statutes -- B. The States and the CWC -- Endnotes -- VI Options for Dismantling Chemical Weapons -- A. Failed Alternatives -- B. The Army's Current Stockpile Destruction Program -- C. Alternative Technologies for Destroying CW -- Endnotes -- VII International Ramifications -- Endnotes -- VIII A Digression: Comparisons to the World of Nuclear Disarmament -- A. Another World -- 1. We have met the enemy -- 2. The pricetag -- 3. Green vs. peace -- 4. NIMBY strikes -- 5. Bilateralism and multilateralism -- 6. Dismantling technologies -- 7. Transportation
B. Where Weapons Differ-the Uniqueness of Nuclear Arms -- 1. The destructive power of nuclear arms -- 2. The symbolic power of nuclear arms -- 3. A smaller universe of concern -- 4. Conspicuous facilities -- 5. Costs -- 6. Dual capability -- 7. Quantities to destroy -- 8. The permanent hazard -- 9. The timing of the operations -- C. Current Efforts at Nuclear Dismantling -- Endnotes -- IX Recommendations -- A. Bend-But Not Break-Existing Environmental Law -- B. Twist-But Not Shatter-the CWC -- C. Defeat-or At Least Offset-NIMBY -- D. Gulp Hard At-But Swallow-the Budgetary Implications
E. Mobilize-and Expand-Our Diplomatic Assets -- F. Analyze-and Preserve-the Lessons of the Exercise -- Endnotes -- X Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000261578
1000261573