Arms control [[electronic resource] ] : the new guide to negotiations and agreements / / Jozef Goldblat

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455162803321
• Autore: Goldblat Jozef
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Los Angeles, [Calif.] ; ; London, : SAGE, c2002
• ISBN: 1-4462-2890-8; 9786612337260; 0-7619-4015-4; 1-282-33726-2; 1-84787-642-0
• Edizione: [Fully rev. and updated 2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (443 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.174
• Soggetti: Arms control; Arms transfers - Law and legislation; Disarmament; 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: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acronyms; Glossary; Part 1 : Analytical Survey; 1 - Basic Concepts; 2 - Historical Overview; 3 - The United Nations; 4 - Nuclear-Weapon Explosions; 5 - Nuclear Arms Limitation; 6 - Nuclear-Weapon Proliferation; 7 - Proposals for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons; 8 - Chemical and Biological Weapons; 9 - Environmental and Radiological Weapons; 10 - Outer Space and Celestial Bodies; 11 - The Sea Environment; 12 - Demilitarized Areas; 13 - Denuclearized Zones; 14 - Conventional Arms Control; 15 - Constraints on Conventional Arms and Technology Transfers; 16 - Confidence Building in Europe, Asia and the Americas 17 - Restrictions on the Methods of Warfare; 18 - Prevention of Accidental War; 19 - Verification and Compliance; 20 - Concluding Remarks; Appendix; Select Bibliography; About the Author; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The revised and updated edition of 'Arms control: the new 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 mid-2002 are critically analysed and assessed.