The politics of ballistic missile nonproliferation / Wyn Q. Bowen ; foreword by Lawrence Freedman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowen, Wyn Q.

Series:

Southampton studies in international policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation--Political aspects--United States.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Ballistic missiles--Government policy--United States.

Ballistic missiles.

Ballistic missiles--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiii, 276 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press in association with the Mountbatten Centre for International Studies, University of Southampton, 2000.

Summary:

During the presidency of George Bush (1989-93), the proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, and the ballistic missiles capable of delivering them, rose greatly in significance as issues on the American security agenda. In the missile field, this became evident by the efforts of certain elements in the executive branch and several congressmen to improve domestic and international implementation of the Missile Technology Control Regime. This book examines the political, bureaucratic and systemic issues that interacted to determine the outcome of these efforts.

Contents:

Part I Ballistic Missile Proliferation and the American Response, 1950-89 11

Chapter 1 Ballistic Missile Proliferation, 1950-89 13

Chapter 2 The Pre-1989 Evolution of US Missile Nonproliferation Policy 28

Part II The Politics of Ballistic Missile Nonproliferation, 1989-93 51

Chapter 3 The Bush Administration and the Missile Technology Control Regime 53

Chapter 4 Congress and Missile Nonproliferation 100

Chapter 5 Beyond the MTCR: Negotiating the Adherence of Non-regime Suppliers to Nonproliferation Norms 131.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-263) and index.

ISBN:

0312226187

OCLC:

59406288