| Description |
1 online resource (620 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Chronological List of Documents; Introduction; Abbreviations; Chapter One -- THE EARLY LEGACY; Chapter Two -- BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS; Chapter Three -- NUCLEAR WEAPONS; Chapter Four -- CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS; Chapter Five -- SPATIAL RESTRICTIONS: REGIONAL, AREA, OR ZONAL; Chapter Six -- U.S.-RUSSIAN (FORMER USSR) BILATERAL AGREEMENTS; Index |
| Summary |
Sometimes successful and sometimes not, arms-control agreements are strenuously negotiated by the parties involved, yet they quickly become obsolete as technology advances and new weapons come on the scene. Thus, such agreements are best understood strategically, not as ends in themselves, but rather as one essential avenue of securing national and global security--an important means of allowing countries around the world to work out their differences at the negotiating table instead of on the battlefield. Arms Control and Global Security: A Document Guide offers an unprecedented and compreh |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Arms control -- History -- Sources
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Security, International -- History -- Sources
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World politics -- 20th century -- Sources
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World politics -- 21st century -- Sources
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Arms control
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Security, International
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World politics
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780313354311 |
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0313354316 |
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