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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Krepon, Michael, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.