Nuclear Arms Control: Background and Issues

This nontechnical overview of developments in nuclear arms control describes how the United States and the Soviet Union arrived at their present positions--and where they might go from here. According to Foreign Affairs, "This book is proof that the complexities of arms control can be successfully explained in a nontechnical, and even more importantly, nonpartisan manner. . . . It presents the key issues in a clear, thorough, and remarkably up-to-date way. . . . Strongly recommended as a primary source for classroom and public discussions."

• Front Matter
• 1 Overview
• 2 Strategic Offensive Nuclear Arms Control
• 3 The Nuclear Freeze
• 4 The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force (INF) Negotiations
• 5 Strategic Defensive Arms Control: The SALT I Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty
• 6 Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Arms Control
• 7 Nuclear Test Bans
• 8 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
• Acronyms
• Appendix A SALT I Interim Agreement on Strategic Offensive Arms
• Appendix B SALT II Treaty
• Appendix C SALT I ABM Treaty
• Appendix D Limited Test Ban Treaty
• Appendix E Threshold Test Ban Treaty
• Appendix F Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty
• Appendix G Non-Proliferation Treaty
• Index