Common sense on weapons of mass destruction /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Seattle, WA : Washington, D.C. :
University of Washington Press ; In association with the Eisenhower Institute,
[2004]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- The problem of our time: nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism
- The effects of nuclear weapons
- An overview of international law and arms control
- The cornerstone of security: the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
- The political value of nuclear weapons
- Stopping nuclear explosions: the Test Ban
- Missile defense
- Outer space
- Cleaning up after past wars: land mines and small arms
- Poison gas and microbes: chemical and biological weapons
- Controlling nuclear materials: the situation in Russia
- Regional issues: weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East and nuclear weapons in South and Northeast Asia
- America's role.