The United States and Arms Control: The Challenge of Leadership (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780275959470)

The United States has committed itself to an unprecedented number and variety of arms control and nonproliferation obligations in the past decade. At least ten major new agreements have been signed since 1986, and some of them have now been in force for several years. After a brief review of Cold War arms control and the lessons to be learned from it, the book surveys the commitments the United States has made during the past decade across the full spectrum of arms control, including nuclear, conventional, chemical, and biological weapons. It describes the bureaucratic structure the United States has created to implement its own commitments and to verify that other countries are complying with theirs. The book then analyzes the costs and benefits of the new regimes, the persistent problems encountered in managing them, and the causes and appropriate responses to incidents of noncompliance. It concludes with an argument for continued U.S. leadership in international arms control.

Author: Allan Krass
ISBN-10: 0275959473
ISBN-13: 9780275959470
Publisher: Praeger
Language: English
Published: 08/30/1997
Pages: 232
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.17lbs
Size: 9.58h x 6.40w x 0.94d