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Averting doomsday : arms control during the Nixon presidency / Patrick J. Garrity and Erin R. Mahan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garrity, Patrick J., author.
- Mahan, Erin R., 1969- author.
- Series:
- Miller Center studies on the presidency
- Miller Center Studies on the Presidency
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
- Arms control.
- History.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Military policy.
- United States--Military policy--History--20th century.
- Nuclear weapons--United States--History--20th century.
- Arms control--History--20th century.
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
- Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II.
- United States--Foreign relations--1969-1974.
- United States.
- International relations.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 237 pages ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Arms control during the Nixon presidency
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville ; London : University of Virginia Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "This book shows how the Nixon administration proved a critical juncture in US efforts to limit the number and to control the spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Nixon's arms control inheritance
- National security landscape and arms control agenda
- Two paths: Biological and chemical weapons control
- Nixon's crown jewel of arms control: SALT and ABM
- Nuclear nonproliferation and a strategy of ambivalence
- Unfinished business of SALT II
- Reconciling nuclear testing with arms control
- Legacies and implications.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Garrity, Patrick J. Averting doomsday
- ISBN:
- 9780813946696
- 0813946697
- OCLC:
- 1245578563
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