Arms Control

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815730538Author Raymond GarthoffFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm)...

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The new edition of this classic history of International Relations has been completely revised and updated throughout and remains a major guide to the intellectual lineage and development of the field.In International Relations Then and Now the authors...

The first history of the Cold War focusing on the Soviet dimension, based on previously inaccessible archives The phrase "Cold War" was coined by George Orwell in 1945 to describe the impact of the atomic bomb on world politics: "We may be...

The Sinai Peninsula holds a unique strategic and political significance for Egypt and its neighbours. Enclosed by the Suez Canal and bordering Gaza and Israel, Egypt's rugged eastern province has been the cornerstone of the Egyptian-Israeli peace...

The nuclear weapons question runs through post-1940 British history like an irradiated thread. It represents part of the hidden history of twentieth-century Britain, given the high level of technical secrecy and political sensitivity in which the bomb...

Although there is often opposition to individual wars, most people continue to believe that the arms industry is necessary in some form: to safeguard our security, provide jobs and stimulate the economy. Not only conservatives, but many progressives and...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards are one of the most important forces in the Middle East today. As the appointed defender of Iran's revolution, the Guards have evolved into a pillar of the Islamic Republic and the spearhead of its influence. Their sway has...

Two of our most celebrated intellectuals grapple with the uncertain aftermath of the American collapse in Afghanistan "Through the structure of a deeply engaging conversation between two of our most important contemporary public intellectuals, we are...

International cooperation has never been more needed, but the current system of "aid" is outdated and ineffective. The Future of Aid calls for a wholesale restructuring of the aid project, a totally new approach fit for the challenges of the 21st...

In May 1970, four days after Kent State, construction workers chased students through downtown Manhattan, beating scores of protestors bloody. As hardhats clashed with hippies, it soon became clear that something larger was happening; Democrats were at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789492916259Author Rebel Press MediaFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Conspiracy DebunkedPublisher Conspiracy DebunkedWeight(grams) 73gDimensions(mm)...

One of the most serious crises since the end of the Cold War began with Russia's seizure and annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and subsequent 'secret' war in Eastern Ukraine. As more territory was taken from Eastern Ukraine, Western countries countered...

In Crackup, the eminent American politics scholar Samuel Popkin tells the story of how the Republican Party fractured into uncompromising groups with irreconcilable demands. Changes in campaign finance laws and the proliferation of mass media opened the...

With thorough analysis and balanced reporting, Ghost Guns: Hobbyists, Hackers, and the Homemade Weapons Revolution is an essential resource for readers seeking to understand the rise of homemade firearms and future options for managing them. For more...

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This is a study of how the information age in modern warfare coexists with the persistent appeal of nuclear weapons and its impact on crisis management. In today's information age, the coexistence of nuclear weapons with advanced conventional weapons and...

The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, 2012, Part 2 with a foreword by the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, summarises developments and trends in 2012 on key issues of multilateral consideration at the international and regional levels;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815764632Author Michael A. LeviFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815764571Author Michael E. O'HanlonFormat PaperbackPage Count 194Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815770633Author Andrew J. PierreFormat PaperbackPage Count 468Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 655g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815760979Author Janne NolanFormat PaperbackPage Count 640Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 855g

In October 1987 on the eve of the Washington summit, the Committee on Atlantic Studies, a group of European and North American scholars established in 1964 to promote transatlantic dialogue, met in Toronto to discuss the implications of the new arms...

The quest to limit nuclear weapons was a notable feature of the U.S.-Soviet relationship during the Cold War. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, in what history may come to judge as the Clinton administration's greatest foreign-policy...

For most of the twentieth century, social scientists have attempted to understand the causes of military competition. From this struggle has evolved the Richardson Tradition of Arms Race Analysis, a distinct body of scientific literature that uses a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876093313Author Morton AbramowitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Council on Foreign RelationsPublisher Council on Foreign RelationsWeight(grams)...

On August 6 and August 9, 1945, the world became aware of the destructiveness of nuclear energy when the U.S. Army Air Corps dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Even before the bombs were detonated, though, President Harry Truman had directed...

As the U.S. Navy enters the twenty-first century, many of the ships, aircraft, weapons, and tactics it employed so successfully during the Cold War will no longer be cost-effective or even effective. Future battlefields will shift the locus of naval...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815733423Author Charles L. PritchardFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 496g

In every decade of the nuclear era, one or two states have developed nuclear weapons despite the international community's opposition to proliferation. In the coming years, the breakdown of security arrangements, especially in the Middle East and...

"A much needed wake-up call that China assumes that it is open season on Americans."-Victor Davis Hanson"There is a Red Storm rising in the East-and America is already under assault from the Chinese Communist Party."-Lou Dobbs"THE EAST IS RISING AND THE...

One Book South Dakota Common Read, South Dakota Humanities Council, 2022 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award, PEN America, 2020 One Book One Tribe Book Award, First Nations Development Institute, 2020 Finalist, Stubbendieck Great Plains...

United Nations Disarmament Yearbook 2022Book InformationISBN 9789213000731Author United NationsFormat PaperbackPage Count 287Imprint United NationsPublisher United NationsDimensions(mm) 300mm * 210mm * 29mm

This book accessibly and expertly details the history and implications of the BWC-the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention-a controversial arms control agreement drafted in the 1970's meant to supplement the Geneva protocol for warfare from decades...

Taking on Tehran provides concrete solutions to the emerging Iranian global threat. The aggressive policy recommendations call for a multidimensional confrontation and containment of Iran with a proactive move toward regime change. The book offers...

This book offers a fascinating insight into how film as a medium can portray political thought. Josette Baer's collection of seven essays is the first publication of this kind; her analysis covers films such as The Best of Enemies and The Lost Daughter,...

Drawing on his knowledge of the comparative history of warfare and arms control across preliterate, ancient, medieval, and modern polities, Richard Dean Burns focuses longitudinally on such perennial arms control issues as negotiation, verification, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784911179352Author Yoshikazu MasudaFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Japan Veritas PressPublisher Japan Veritas PressWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815725435Author Michael E. O'HanlonFormat PaperbackPage Count 174Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

The Challenges of Nuclear Non-Proliferation is an exhaustive survey of the many aspects of non-proliferation efforts. It explains why some nations pursued nuclear programs while others abandoned them, as well as the challenges, strengths, and weaknesses...