Arms control and nuclear weapons : U.S. policies and the national interest / edited by W. Gary Nichols and Milton L. Boykin.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Nichols, W. Gary (William Gary)

Boykin, Milton L.

Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina.

Conference Name:

Citadel Symposium on Arms Control and Nuclear Weapons (1985)

Series:

Contributions in military studies ; no. 59.

Contributions in military studies ; no. 59

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear arms control--United States--Congresses.

Nuclear arms control.

United States.

Nuclear arms control--Soviet Union--Congresses.

Soviet Union.

National security--United States--Congresses.

National security.

United States--Military policy--Congresses.

Military policy.

Soviet Union--Military policy--Congresses.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 135 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Greenwood Press, [1987]

Summary:

This wide-ranging collection of essays establishes a historical framework for understanding the evolution and current state of U.S. and Soviet policies toward arms control as it details the course of arms control negotiations between the two "superpowers." In addition, it treats arms control, nuclear armaments, and strategic considerations from a variety of perspectives, examining the social and moral aspects as well as political and economic considerations.

Notes:

Chiefly papers originally presented at the Citadel Symposium on Arms Control and Nuclear Weapons, sponsored by and held at the Citadel, Charleston, S.C., 1985.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [119]-127.

ISBN:

0313253897

OCLC:

14719042