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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454413203321

Autore

Cirincione Joseph

Titolo

Deadly arsenals [[electronic resource] ] : nuclear, biological, and chemical threats / / Joseph Cirincione, Jon B. Wolfsthal, Miriam Rajkumar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, c2005

ISBN

1-283-83579-7

0-87003-288-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (502 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WolfsthalJon B

RajkumarMiriam

Disciplina

327.1/74

327.174

Soggetti

Weapons of mass destruction

Nuclear arms control - Verification

Chemical arms control - Verification

Biological arms control - Verification

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; Part 1. Assessments and Weapons; Chapter 1. Global Trends; Chapter 2. The International Nonoproliferation Regime; Chapter 3. Nuclear Weapons and Materials; Chapter 4. Biological and Chemical Weapons, Agents, and Proliferation; Chapter 5. Missile Proliferation; Part 2. Declared Nuclear Weapon Sites; Chapter 6. Russia; Chapter 7. China; Chapter 8. France; Chapter 9. The United Kingdom; Chapter 10. The United States; Part 3. Non-NPT Nuclear Weapon States; Chapter 11. India; Chapter 12. Pakistan; Chapter 13. Israel; Part 4. Two Hard Cases

Chapter 14. North KoreaChapter 15. Iran; Part 5. Nonproliferation Successes; Chapter 16. Libya; Chapter 17. Iraq; Chapter 18. Non-Russian Nuclear Successor States: Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine; Chapter 19. Argentina; Chapter 20. Brazil; Chapter 21. South Africa; Appendixes; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Deadly Arsenals provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive



assessment available on global proliferation dangers, with a critical assessment of international enforcement efforts. An invaluable resource for academics, policymakers, students, and the media, this atlas includes strategic and historical analysis; maps, charts, and graphs of the spread of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons and missile delivery systems; descriptions of the weapons and regimes-and policies to control them; and data on countries that have, want, or have given up weapons of mass destruction. A Choi