Cornerstones of security : arms control treaties in the nuclear era / Thomas Graham and Damien J. LaVera.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Graham, Thomas, Jr., 1933-

Contributor:

LaVera, Damien J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Arms control--Sources.

Arms control.

Nuclear arms control--Sources.

Nuclear arms control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1504 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press ; Washington D.C. : Nuclear Threat Initiative, Inc., c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Presents the complete text of thirty-four treaties that have effectively contained the spread of nuclear, biological, and conventional weapons during the Cold War and beyond. This title is suitable for diplomats, international lawyers, and arms control specialists.

Contents:

The 1925 Geneva Protocol

The Antarctic Treaty

The "Hot line" agreements

The Limited Test Ban Treaty

The Outer Space Treaty

Nuclear-weapon-free-zone treaties : background on nuclear-weapon-free zones Treaty of Tlatelolco

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Special non-proliferation treaty safeguards agreements : the U.S. Voluntary Safeguard Agreement

The Seabed Arms Control Treaty

The "Accidents Measures" Agreement

The Biological Weapons Convention

The Incidents at Sea Agreement

The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

The Threshold Test Ban Treaty

The Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty

The Environmental Modification Convention

The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material

Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers

The Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement

The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty

The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty

The Open Skies Treaty

The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START I & II)

The Chemical Weapons Convention

The agreed framework

Confidence and security measures documents

The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

The Ottawa Convention on Landmines

Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

9780295801414

0295801417

OCLC:

932315244