Arms Control

After World War II, an atomic hierarchy emerged in the noncommunist world. Washington was at the top, followed over time by its NATO allies and then Israel, with the postcolonial world completely shut out. An Indian diplomat called the system...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975355558Author Errol E HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Institute for Economic DemocracyPublisher Institute for Economic...

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We continue to face a choice with respect to nuclear weapons -- either to move safely toward their elimination or to remain their victim. A forty-year effort to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons is breaking down, and the likely acquisition of these...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977622191Author Hon Robert G JosephFormat PaperbackPage Count 164Imprint National Institute for Public PolicyPublisher National Institute for Public...

Provides the concerned citizen with the information essential to making informed judgments of past and potential weapons agreements, surveying the weapons themselves, Soviet and American thought on arms control, and the history of arms control.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974636627Author Arthur J PaoneFormat PaperbackImprint Belmar PublicationsPublisher Belmar PublicationsWeight(grams) 299g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780876097243Author Gideon RoseFormat PaperbackImprint Council on Foreign RelationsPublisher Council on Foreign RelationsWeight(grams) 178g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578536866Author Havel HarveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Independence Educational Publishers,Publisher Independence Educational...

The debate over national security and arms control has focused primarily on weapons-more or fewer weapons, different kinds of weapons. Hawks tend to see the immediate cause of war as one-sided weakness that tempts an aggressive adversary. For Doves, the...

Tehran's willingness to pause aspects of its nuclear program may offer opportunities to stroke regime concerns about the potential costs of moving forward. Since halting its crash nuclear weapons program in 2003, the Islamic Republic has pursued a...

Arms control and nonproliferation treaties are among the fingers in the dike preventing the unthinkable nuclear, biological, and chemical catastrophe. For decades the ability to ascertain whether states are hiding germ weapons programs has been...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820406169Author George H HampschFormat HardbackPage Count 170Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 340g

Armed Groups­ is the most comprehensive text to provide a framework for categorizing the key actors that pose a threat to today’s security arena—terrorists, mercenaries, insurgents, militias, and transnational criminal organizations—and analyzing their...

Armed Groups­ is the most comprehensive text to provide a framework for categorizing the key actors that pose a threat to today’s security arena—terrorists, mercenaries, insurgents, militias, and transnational criminal organizations—and analyzing their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789380502403Author Rajiv GhoseFormat HardbackPage Count 328Imprint KW Publishers Pvt LtdPublisher KW Publishers Pvt LtdWeight(grams) 653g

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A brisk, practical defense of free speech in America's digital public square that calls on the courts to reject the censors' absolutism, enforce enduring First Amendment principles, and restore a vigorous and robust marketplace of ideas. A vast...

The Iranian nuclear crisis has dominated current affairs and geopolitics for over a decade. Yet there is little real understanding of Iran's nuclear programme, in particular its history, which is now over fifty years old. This ground-breaking book argues...

Greece (1941-1974): Years of Occupation, Years of Strife, and Years of Exclusion examines the history and politics of Greece during the period Greece experienced years of brutal foreign occupation, a savage civil war, dominance by those on the Right of...

The purpose of the book is to provide guidance to politicians, diplomatic, high ranking military officers, military experts, journalists and academics during the preparation of national policies on non-proliferation, disarmament and arms control. The...

Non-proliferation assistance programs are a relatively new tool in combating the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The Co-operative Threat Reduction (CTR) programs, funded by the Department of Defense (DOD), are the most visible of these...

Congress established the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program (CRT) in 1991 so that the United States could assist the former Soviet Republics with the safe and secure transportation, storage and elimination of nuclear weapons. The CRT program...

A Nonpartisan guide that arms both sides of the gun control debate. The slogan of the Gun Facts Project is "We are neither pro-gun nor anti-gun. We are pro-math and anti-BS." From project creator Guy Smith comes Guns and Control: A Nonpartisan Guide to...

The definitive guide to the history of nuclear arms control by a wise eavesdropper and masterful storyteller, Michael Krepon. The greatest unacknowledged diplomatic achievement of the Cold War was the absence of mushroom clouds. Deterrence alone was too...

One of the gravest issues facing the global community today is the threat of nuclear war. As a growing number of nations gain nuclear capabilities, the odds of nuclear conflict increase. Yet nuclear deterrence strategies remain rooted in Cold War models...

The Control Agenda is a sweeping account of the history of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), their rise in the Nixon and Ford administrations, their downfall under President Carter, and their powerful legacies in the Reagan years and beyond. ...

Whether possessed by a state or non-state actor, the specter of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs), and more specifically, nuclear weapons and their associated material, present a significant threat to global security. Notwithstanding the fact that there...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780833023735Author Ian O. LesserFormat PaperbackPage Count 107Imprint RANDPublisher RANDWeight(grams) 181g

Drawn from presentations made at the Hoover Institution's October 2007 conference, this collection of essays examines the practical steps necessary to address the current security challenges of nuclear weapons and to move toward the Reykjavik goal of...

Preventing a Biochemical Arms Race responds to a growing concern that changes in the life sciences and the nature of warfare could lead to a resurgent interest in chemical and biological weapons (CBW) capabilities. By bringing together a wide range of...

Why has the PRC been so determined that Taiwan be part of China? Why, since the 1990s, has Beijing been feverishly developing means to prevail in combat with the U.S. over Taiwan's status? Why is Taiwan worth fighting for? To answer, this book focuses...

Banning Landmines: Disarmament, Citizen Diplomacy, and Human Security looks at accomplishments and setbacks in the crucial first decade of the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty. The first half of the book considers the implementation of the prohibitions and...

Incapacitating Biochemical Weapons examines the promise and peril behind weapons based on natural or synthetic biochemical compounds that are meant to cause rapid incapacitation but not to kill. An agent has yet to be found that can effectively...