Isbn: 9780961204204 - understanding nuclear weapons and arms control : a guide to the issues (4 risultati)

Condizione: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condizione: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condizione: Like New. Publisher: Education In World Issue, Arlington, VA., 1983. First Softcover Edition, First Printing. FINE softcover book in illustrated wraps, as issued. PRISTINE. As New. Unread. NOT remainder marked. NOT faded. NOT a book club edition. NOT an ex-library copy.

Trade paperback. Condizione: very good. The format is approximately 5.625 inches by 8,5 inches, [6], 105 [1] pages. Wraps. Illustrations (many in color). Maps. Arms Control Terms. Acronyms. Index. Illustrated cover. This is an effective snapshot-in-time of the nuclear weapon concerns and arms control concepts recieving attention during the latter period of the Cold War and last quarter of the Twentieth Century. It presents the state-of-knowledge and a baseline for the teaching of these topics. This guide discusses the nuclear arms control issue. There are four sections. Section I discusses U.S. nuclear strategy from 1945 to the present, strategic nuclear weapons competition between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), U.S. administrations and U.S.S.R. counterparts, and international concerns. Section II examines characteristics of nuclear weaponry, the MX missile, defense systems, and the source of authorization for the release of U.S. nuclear weapons. Section III focuses on the negotiating process, SALT talks, verification, existing treaties and agreements, ongoing arms control negotiations, and violation concerns. Topics discussed in the concluding section, section IV, include the effects of nuclear war and civil defense. Arms control terms are defined, and acronyms used in nuclear weapons issues are listed. New Edition. [Stated]. Presumed first printing thus.…