Historical Dictionary of Arms Control and DisarmamentScarecrow Press, 2005 - 362 pages Historical Dictionary of Arms Control and Disarmament provides a historical review of key themes and issues in international security and arms control, focusing on efforts in the 20th century to control the spread and use of armaments and to prevent war. This book summarizes the rich and proud traditions of arms control and disarmament, their critical role in ensuring a non-catastrophic course throughout history (especially the dangerous period of the Cold War), and their continuing relevance and role in the emerging post-Cold War world. It also seeks to reinforce a broad perspective of key terms in order to capture the scope and range of their application yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Given this combined tradition and focus, this Dictionary serves two purposes. As a historical dictionary, it chronicles key terms, personalities, events, and agreements as a ready reference from which to launch a more extensive investigation. But it also seeks to capture the breadth of current and future applications by presenting the vocabulary of traditional and non-traditional approaches. The book includes a large dictionary of more than 1,000 key terms, as well as a comprehensive bibliography divided into multiple categories, an extensive chronology, and a timeline. This book can also serve as a useful desk reference for the policy practitioner. The pace and intensity of the practice of arms control often eliminates the luxury of conventional study of past or related arms control efforts. The dictionary seeks to provide a relevant sampling of treaty and agreement details and of the specific terms of reference of arms control to allow productive progress in a policy work environment. Researchers and students will also find the dictionary to be a useful reference tool. Much of the formal literature in the field, such as treaty texts and policy pronouncements, is written in technical language without elaboration. Also, many references to agreements are posed in shorthand intended only for the policy practi |
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Page xxix
... President for Disarmament . USSR proposes atomic test ban . Eastern Europe and USSR form Warsaw Treaty Organization ( also known as the Warsaw Pact ) . U.S. Open Skies proposal presented at Geneva Conference of Heads of Government ( a ...
... President for Disarmament . USSR proposes atomic test ban . Eastern Europe and USSR form Warsaw Treaty Organization ( also known as the Warsaw Pact ) . U.S. Open Skies proposal presented at Geneva Conference of Heads of Government ( a ...
Page xxxviii
... President Carter withdraws SALT II Treaty from Senate consideration to protest Soviet invasion of Afghanistan . Convention on the Physical Protection of Nu- clear Material signed in New York ( entry into force 8 February 1987 ) . Second ...
... President Carter withdraws SALT II Treaty from Senate consideration to protest Soviet invasion of Afghanistan . Convention on the Physical Protection of Nu- clear Material signed in New York ( entry into force 8 February 1987 ) . Second ...
Page xxxix
... President Ronald Reagan announces U.S. plans to develop strategic missile defenses ( Strategic Defense Initiative ) . October - November U.S. INF forces - Pershing II and ground- launched cruise missiles ( GLCM ) -deployed to Europe ...
... President Ronald Reagan announces U.S. plans to develop strategic missile defenses ( Strategic Defense Initiative ) . October - November U.S. INF forces - Pershing II and ground- launched cruise missiles ( GLCM ) -deployed to Europe ...
Page xli
... presidents ( calling for the global elimination of missiles with ranges of 500-5,500 kilometers , with intrusive verification require- ments ) ; entry into force 1 June 1988 . 1988 U.S. On - Site Inspection Agency ( OSIA ) created ...
... presidents ( calling for the global elimination of missiles with ranges of 500-5,500 kilometers , with intrusive verification require- ments ) ; entry into force 1 June 1988 . 1988 U.S. On - Site Inspection Agency ( OSIA ) created ...
Page xliv
... presidents in Moscow ; treaty limits strategic delivery vehicles to 1,600 and warheads to 6,000 each . Presidential Nuclear Initiative on nonstrategic nuclear weapons reductions and dealerting ( So- viet and Russian presidents respond ...
... presidents in Moscow ; treaty limits strategic delivery vehicles to 1,600 and warheads to 6,000 each . Presidential Nuclear Initiative on nonstrategic nuclear weapons reductions and dealerting ( So- viet and Russian presidents respond ...
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Page 4 - It rests essentially on the recognition that our military relation with potential enemies is not one of pure conflict and opposition, but involves strong elements of mutual interest in the avoidance of a war that neither side wants, in minimizing the costs and risks of the arms competition, and in curtailing the scope and violence of war in the event it occurs.
Page xxiii - Convention for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms and Ammunition and in Implements of War, signed at Geneva June 17, 1925.