Common sense on weapons of mass destruction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Graham, Thomas
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: 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.