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OverviewThe revised and updated edition of Arms Control: A Guide to Negotiations and Agreements contains the most authoritative and comprehensive survey ever published of the documents related to arms control. All major agreements reached since the second half of the nineteenth century, through to the end of 2001 are critically analyzed and assessed. The assessment is made in the light of the international security environment, the developments in the field of weapon technology, the threat of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons proliferation, and the efforts to strengthen the humanitarian law of armed conflict The accompanying CD-ROM reproduces full text and carefully selected excerpts of treaties, conventions, common understandings, statutes, charters, binding decisions of international bodies, final acts of international conferences, exchanges of letters and diplomatic notes. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jozef GoldblatPublisher: SAGE Publications Inc Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc Edition: 2nd Revised edition Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.890kg ISBN: 9780761940159ISBN 10: 0761940154 Pages: 396 Publication Date: 24 September 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsPART ONE: ANALYTICAL SURVEY Basic Concepts Historical Overview The United Nations Nuclear-Weapon Explosions Nuclear Arms Limitation Nuclear-Weapon Proliferation Proposals for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Chemical and Biological Weapons Environmental and Radiological Weapons Outer Space and Celestial Bodies The Sea Environment Demilitarized Areas Denuclearized Zones Conventional Arms Control Constraints on Conventional Arms and Technology Transfers Confidence Building in Europe, Asia and the Americas Restrictions on the Methods of Warfare Prevention of Accidental War Verification and Compliance Concluding Remarks PART TWO: AGREEMENTS AND PARTIES (CD-ROM) Selected Pre-World War II Agreements Post-World War II AgreementsReviewsPraise for the First Edition 'Jozef Goldblat, one of the foremost authorities in this field, has compiled a veritable encyclopedia of arms control... He is authoritative on both the more prominent topics, such as nuclear non-proliferation and verification, and those which are less widely understood... Free of jargon, comprehensive on the facts, concise in analysis, this is a work of topical relevance and lasting value' - Bulletin of Arms Control Praise for the First Edition 'Jozef Goldblat, one of the foremost authorities in this field, has compiled a veritable encyclopedia of arms control... He is authoritative on both the more prominent topics, such as nuclear non-proliferation and verification, and those which are less widely understood... Free of jargon, comprehensive on the facts, concise in analysis, this is a work of topical relevance and lasting value' - Bulletin of Arms Control Author InformationJozef Goldblat has written reports, articles and books on truce supervision, the arms race and disaramament problems. From 1969 to 1989 he directed the arms control and disarmament programme of studies at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Since 1989 he has been Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow, Programme for Strategic amd International Security Studies at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies. He is also Vice-President of the Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI) and Consultant to the United Nations Institute for Disaramaent Research (UNIDIR). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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