The Evolution of Arms Control: From Antiquity to the Nuclear Age
- ISBN-10
- 1442223790
- ISBN-13
- 9781442223790
- Category
- Arms control
- Pages
- 251
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Author
- Richard Dean Burns
Description
Written in an engaging and accessible manner, The Evolution of Arms Control weds an inductive analysis of arms control systems to a general history of arms control from 883 BCE to the present. Comparing past and present challenges, it highlights recurring issues such as negotiation, verification, and compliance.
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- 2009-06-22
- - pages
- Paperback
- Praeger
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