Arms Control and Disarmament 50 Years of Experience in Nuclear Education /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Foradori, Paolo (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Giacomello, Giampiero (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Pascolini, Alessandro (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Politics and war.; Peace.; System safety.; Nuclear fusion.; Military and Defence Studies.; Conflict Studies.; Security Science and Technology.; Nuclear Fusion.; Peace Studies.

"Few volumes on nuclear weapons and nuclear policy can match the quality of the ISODARCO 50th Anniversary collection, which excels in the authors' thoughtfulness and the range and significance of the issues they clarify." - Bruce D. Larkin, Emeritus Professor of Politics, University o...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I - Early Attempts to Arms Control: 1966-1974
• 1. Technological Aspects of World Security (1966)
• 2. Anti-Ballistic Missiles (1968)
• 3. International Relations and Game Theory (1970)
• 4. The Origins of Mirv (1972)
• 5. The Importance of Agreements (1972)
• 6. The Fallacy of Thinking Conventionally about Nuclear Weapons (1976)
• 7. Strategic Arms Limitation and Military Strategic Concepts (1976)
• Part II - The Hard Times: 1978-1989
• 8. Radiation Hazards in Fission Fuel Cycles (1978)
• 9. The Dilemma of European Theatre Nuclear Arms Control (1980)
• 10. Nuclear Arms Control: Obstacles to Agreement (1982)
• 11. International Systemic Features Inhibiting Disarmament and Arms Control (1982)
• 12. The Problem of the Nuclear First-Use Option (1988)
• 13. The Problem of Extended Deterrence and International Security (1988)
• 14. Minimum Deterrence and International Security (1988)
• Part III - After the Cold War
• 15. Weapons on Earth and in Space (1992)
• 16. The Non-Proliferation Treaty and the German Choice Not to Proliferate (1992)
• 17. US-Russian Cooperation on Fissile Material Security and Disposition (1996)
• 18. The New Verification Game and Technologies at our Disposal (1996)
• 19. Nuclear Deterrence, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation (2010)
• 20. Nuclear Abolition or Nuclear Umbrella? Choices and Contradictions in US Proposals (2010)
• Conclusion.