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Return to Armageddon :

(Number (ISBN

0195103823 (alk. paper)

(Number (ISBN

9780195103823 (alk. paper)

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b410413

Title Proper

Return to Armageddon :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the United States and the nuclear arms race, 1981-1999 /

First Statement of Responsibility

/Ronald E. Powaski

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

c2000

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 294 p. ;

Dimensions

25 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Text of Note

The reagan nuclear buildup -- The Reagan about-face -- Bush and start I -- Bush and start II -- Clinton, start II, and the ABM treaty -- Clinton and counterproliferation -- Conclusion: the enduring nuclear threat

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"In Return to Armageddon, Ronald E. Powaski assesses the dangers that beset us as we enter an increasingly unstable political world. With the Start I and II treaties, completed by George Bush in 1991 and 1993 respectively, and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), signed by Bill Clinton in 1996, it seemed as if the nuclear clock had been successfully turned back to a safer hour. But Powaski shows that there is much less reason for optimism than we may like to think. Continued U.S-Russian cooperation can no longer be assured. To make matters worse, Russia has not ratified the Start II Treaty and the U.S. Senate has failed to approve the CTBT. Perhaps even more ominous, the effort to prevent the acquisition of nuclear weapons by nonweapon states is threatened by nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan. The nuclear club is growing and its most recent members are increasingly hostile. Indeed, it is becoming ever more difficult to keep track of the expertise and materials needed to build nuclear weapons, which almost certainly will find their way into terrorist hands."--BOOK JACKET

Global Issues Resource Collection

Arms race-- History-- 20th century

Nuclear weapons

United States, Military policy

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Powaski, Ronald E

Date of Transaction

20140710105811.0

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[Book]

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