Foundation for the future : the ABM Treaty and national security / Matthew Bunn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bunn, Matthew.

Contributor:

Arms Control Association (Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Antiballistic Missile Systems (1972 May 26).

Treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Antiballistic Missile Systems.

United States. Treaties, etc. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1972 May 26.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Treaties, etc. United States, 1972 May 26.

Nuclear arms control--United States.

Nuclear arms control.

United States.

Nuclear arms control--Soviet Union.

Soviet Union.

Local Subjects:

United States. Treaties, etc. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 1972 May 26.

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Treaties, etc. United States, 1972 May 26.

Penn Provenance:

Frankel, Sherman (donor)

Physical Description:

viii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Arms Control Association, [1990]

Contents:

Part one: Policy and technology of missile defense. The ABM Treaty: cornerstone of security and arms control

The history of nuclear defense and the ABM Treaty

How the ABM Treaty works

The strategic defense initiative

The Soviet ABM program

Part two: The erosion of the ABM Treaty. The reinterpretation of the ABM Treaty

Soviet compliance with the ABM Treaty

U.S. compliance with the ABM Treaty

Grey-area systems and the ABM Treaty

Part three: Looking toward the future. Nationwide missile defenses or the ABM Treaty?

Other options for SDI

Reaffirming the ABM Treaty.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 188-217) and index.

ISBN:

0934766037

9780934766036

OCLC:

21976557