Winning and losing the nuclear peace : the rise, demise, and revival of arms control
"The definitive guide to the history of nuclear arms control by a wise eavesdropper and masterful storyteller, Michael Krepon. The greatest unacknowledged diplomatic achievement of the Cold War was the absence of mushroom clouds. Deterrence alone was too dangerous to succeed; it needed arms con...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Redwood City : Stanford University Press,
2021
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| Schlagworte: | Nuclear arms control Kernwaffe Kontrolle Atomkrieg Ost-West-Konflikt Geschichte Internationale Politik Diplomatie Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (642 pages) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.