{"product_id":"competitive-arms-control-john-d-maurer-9780300247558","title":"Competitive Arms Control: Nixon, Kissinger, and Salt, 1969-1972","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe essential history of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) during the Nixon Administration\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How did Richard Nixon, a president so determined to compete for strategic nuclear advantage over the Soviet Union, become one of the most successful arms controllers of the Cold War? Drawing on newly opened Cold War archives, John D. Maurer argues that a central purpose of arms control talks for American leaders was to channel nuclear competition toward areas of American advantage and not just international cooperation. While previous accounts of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) have emphasized American cooperative motives, Maurer highlights how Nixon, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, and Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird shaped negotiations, balancing their own competitive interests with proponents of cooperation while still providing a coherent rationale to Congress. Within the arms control agreements, American leaders intended to continue deploying new weapons, and the arms control restrictions, as negotiated, allowed the United States to sustain its global power, contain communism, and ultimately prevail in the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John D. Maurer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300247559\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300247558\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.53h x 6.16w x 1.03d","brand":"John D. Maurer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057816465663,"sku":"9780300247558","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_35076afb-f66b-4873-8d38-6006a9068f7c.jpg?v=1685049034","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/competitive-arms-control-john-d-maurer-9780300247558","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}