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Winning and losing the nuclear peace : the rise, demise, and revival of arms control /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Krepon, Michael, 1946- (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Nuclear arms control > History.
Nuclear arms control > United States > History.
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1989.
United States > Foreign relations > 1989-
Since 1945
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A prehistory of nuclear arms control
  • Einsenhower's halting steps
  • Kennedy, Johnson, and early successes
  • Johnson and the quest for strategic arms control
  • Nixon, Kissiner, and the Salt I Accords
  • Nixon fall and Salt II stalls
  • Ford, Kissinger, and the death of détente
  • Carter, Salt II, and the reckoning
  • Reagan's roller coaster ride
  • Breakthrough
  • George H. W. Bush at peak performance
  • Consolidating gains
  • Stalling out
  • Shedding treaties
  • Reality overtakes hope
  • Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
  • Reaffirming norms, reducing numbers.