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Author:   Henry D. Sokolski ,  Henry D. Sokolski
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.267kg
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9780275972899

ISBN 10:   0275972895
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   30 April 2001
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword by Jim Woolsey Preface The First Half Century The Baruch Plan Atoms for Peace The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Proliferation Technology Control Regimes Counterproliferation The Next Campaign Appendix I: The Baruch Plan, Presented to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, June 14, 1946 Appendix II: President Eisenhower's Address Before the General Assembly of the United Nations on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, December 8, 1953 Appendix III: Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Appendix IV: Multilateral Export Control Regimes: Membership and Related Websites Appendix V: Secretary of Defense Les Aspin's Remarks before the National Academy of Sciences Committee on International Security and Arms Control. December 7, 1993 Bibliography Index

Reviews

Henry Sokolski's work earns wide regard because it is both informed and trenchant. His analysis offers valuable insights and presents important challenges--not only to those who have advocated prior non-proliferation initiatives but to those who contend that there are better options. Sokolski's study calls the former to reassess the mixed results of arms control policies, the latter to prove that, beyond complaints, they can in fact map a sounder path to security. -Alton Frye Vice President The Council on Foreign Relations

[It] contributes to multiple sets of literature. It belongs to the rich literature on nuclear doctrines, but breaks new ground in dissecting U.S. nonproliferation policy initiatives. In particular, the work belongs to an underdeveloped literature critiquing prevailing deterrence and arms control theory by emphasizing how intent, rather than capability, matters most to nuclear peace....It adds to the literature on U.S. foreign policy doctrines....the work links nonproliferation to the literature on the democratic peace and the importance of democracy-promotion. This final contribution may be even more crucial than Sokolski intended. -National Security Studies Quarterly ... a well written and researched study of America's attempts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. The graphs, appendixes, and bibliography are excellent and exhaustive. A worthy purchase for university libraries and an excellent volume for graduate and undergraduate national security classes. -Choice ... a significant work of scholarship: the first comprehensive history of American efforts to stop the global spread of strategic weapons capabilities since World War 2. Any self-respecting grown-up will want to buy a copy immediately. -The Weekly Standard ... Sokolski shows how many American nonproliferation efforts have been based on flawed understandings of the nuclear threat at various times. He concludes with strategies to correct for these misconceptions and offers some hope about the nature of the problem in the future. -Orbis It contributes to multiple sets of literature. It belongs to the rich literature on nuclear doctrines, but breaks new ground in dissecting U.S. nonproliferation policy initiatives. In particular, the work belongs to an underdeveloped literature critiquing prevailing deterrence and arms control theory by emphasizing how intent, rather than capability, matters most to nuclear peace....It adds to the literature on U.S. foreign policy doctrines....the work links nonproliferation to the literature on the democratic peace and the importance of democracy-promotion. This final contribution may be even more crucial than Sokolski intended. -National Security Studies Quarterly ?...a significant work of scholarship: the first comprehensive history of American efforts to stop the global spread of strategic weapons capabilities since World War 2. Any self-respecting grown-up will want to buy a copy immediately.?-The Weekly Standard ?...Sokolski shows how many American nonproliferation efforts have been based on flawed understandings of the nuclear threat at various times. He concludes with strategies to correct for these misconceptions and offers some hope about the nature of the problem in the future.?-Orbis ?...a well written and researched study of America's attempts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. The graphs, appendixes, and bibliography are excellent and exhaustive. A worthy purchase for university libraries and an excellent volume for graduate and undergraduate national security classes.?-Choice ?[It] contributes to multiple sets of literature. It belongs to the rich literature on nuclear doctrines, but breaks new ground in dissecting U.S. nonproliferation policy initiatives. In particular, the work belongs to an underdeveloped literature critiquing prevailing deterrence and arms control theory by emphasizing how intent, rather than capability, matters most to nuclear peace....It adds to the literature on U.S. foreign policy doctrines....the work links nonproliferation to the literature on the democratic peace and the importance of democracy-promotion. This final contribution may be even more crucial than Sokolski intended.?-National Security Studies Quarterly .,. a significant work of scholarship: the first comprehensive history of American efforts to stop the global spread of strategic weapons capabilities since World War 2. Any self-respecting grown-up will want to buy a copy immediately. -The Weekly Standard .,. Sokolski shows how many American nonproliferation efforts have been based on flawed understandings of the nuclear threat at various times. He concludes with strategies to correct for these misconceptions and offers some hope about the nature of the problem in the future. -Orbis .,. a well written and researched study of America's attempts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. The graphs, appendixes, and bibliography are excellent and exhaustive. A worthy purchase for university libraries and an excellent volume for graduate and undergraduate national security classes. -Choice Henry Sokolski's work earns wide regard because it is both informed and trenchant. His analysis offers valuable insights and presents important challenges--not only to those who have advocated prior non-proliferation initiatives but to those who contend that there are better options. Sokolski's study calls the former to reassess the mixed results of arms control policies, the latter to prove that, beyond complaints, they can in fact map a sounder path to security. -Alton Frye Vice President The Council on Foreign Relations

[It] contributes to multiple sets of literature. It belongs to the rich literature on nuclear doctrines, but breaks new ground in dissecting U.S. nonproliferation policy initiatives. In particular, the work belongs to an underdeveloped literature critiquing prevailing deterrence and arms control theory by emphasizing how intent, rather than capability, matters most to nuclear peace....It adds to the literature on U.S. foreign policy doctrines....the work links nonproliferation to the literature on the democratic peace and the importance of democracy-promotion. This final contribution may be even more crucial than Sokolski intended. -National Security Studies Quarterly ... a significant work of scholarship: the first comprehensive history of American efforts to stop the global spread of strategic weapons capabilities since World War 2. Any self-respecting grown-up will want to buy a copy immediately. -The Weekly Standard ... Sokolski shows how many American nonproliferation efforts have been based on flawed understandings of the nuclear threat at various times. He concludes with strategies to correct for these misconceptions and offers some hope about the nature of the problem in the future. -Orbis ... a well written and researched study of America's attempts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. The graphs, appendixes, and bibliography are excellent and exhaustive. A worthy purchase for university libraries and an excellent volume for graduate and undergraduate national security classes. -Choice It contributes to multiple sets of literature. It belongs to the rich literature on nuclear doctrines, but breaks new ground in dissecting U.S. nonproliferation policy initiatives. In particular, the work belongs to an underdeveloped literature critiquing prevailing deterrence and arms control theory by emphasizing how intent, rather than capability, matters most to nuclear peace....It adds to the literature on U.S. foreign policy doctrines....the work links nonproliferation to the literature on the democratic peace and the importance of democracy-promotion. This final contribution may be even more crucial than Sokolski intended. -National Security Studies Quarterly ?...a significant work of scholarship: the first comprehensive history of American efforts to stop the global spread of strategic weapons capabilities since World War 2. Any self-respecting grown-up will want to buy a copy immediately.?-The Weekly Standard ?...Sokolski shows how many American nonproliferation efforts have been based on flawed understandings of the nuclear threat at various times. He concludes with strategies to correct for these misconceptions and offers some hope about the nature of the problem in the future.?-Orbis ?...a well written and researched study of America's attempts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. The graphs, appendixes, and bibliography are excellent and exhaustive. A worthy purchase for university libraries and an excellent volume for graduate and undergraduate national security classes.?-Choice ?[It] contributes to multiple sets of literature. It belongs to the rich literature on nuclear doctrines, but breaks new ground in dissecting U.S. nonproliferation policy initiatives. In particular, the work belongs to an underdeveloped literature critiquing prevailing deterrence and arms control theory by emphasizing how intent, rather than capability, matters most to nuclear peace....It adds to the literature on U.S. foreign policy doctrines....the work links nonproliferation to the literature on the democratic peace and the importance of democracy-promotion. This final contribution may be even more crucial than Sokolski intended.?-National Security Studies Quarterly .,. a significant work of scholarship: the first comprehensive history of American efforts to stop the global spread of strategic weapons capabilities since World War 2. Any self-respecting grown-up will want to buy a copy immediately. -The Weekly Standard .,. Sokolski shows how many American nonproliferation efforts have been based on flawed understandings of the nuclear threat at various times. He concludes with strategies to correct for these misconceptions and offers some hope about the nature of the problem in the future. -Orbis .,. a well written and researched study of America's attempts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. The graphs, appendixes, and bibliography are excellent and exhaustive. A worthy purchase for university libraries and an excellent volume for graduate and undergraduate national security classes. -Choice Henry Sokolski's work earns wide regard because it is both informed and trenchant. His analysis offers valuable insights and presents important challenges--not only to those who have advocated prior non-proliferation initiatives but to those who contend that there are better options. Sokolski's study calls the former to reassess the mixed results of arms control policies, the latter to prove that, beyond complaints, they can in fact map a sounder path to security. -Alton Frye Vice President The Council on Foreign Relations

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HENRY D. SOKOLSKI is Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center./e From 1989 to early 1993 Mr. Sokolski served as Deputy for Nonproliferation Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense Cheney. In addition to his government service, Mr. Sokolski has lectured and written extensively on proliferation issues.

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