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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462013103321

Autore

Cerami Joseph R.

Titolo

Leadership and policy innovation-- from Clinton to Bush : countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction / / Joseph R. Cerami

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-283-71059-5

0-203-10035-2

1-136-23082-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

Routledge research in public administration and public policy ; ; 3

Disciplina

327.1/7450973

Soggetti

Nuclear nonproliferation - Government policy - United States - History

Weapons of mass destruction - Government policy - United States - History

Political leadership - United States - History

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 (p. [157]-181) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Policy innovation and public leadership : the real work of leaders -- Strategic narrative -- US national security and counterproliferation policy in the Clinton Administration -- The US-North Korea Agreed Framework -- Russia's loose nukes and the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program -- The US and the United Nations versus Iraq -- Findings and conclusions : the real work of leaders in national security policy innovation.

Sommario/riassunto

Throughout the Cold War there were longstanding efforts to control the spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) through extensive arms control, deterrence, and defense programs. Since then counterproliferation efforts by the U.S. and international community have accelerated. Given the attention to counterproliferation in the last decade, how effective was the leadership provided by President Clinton and his Secretaries of Defense, Aspin, Perry and Cohen, in providing innovative and effective policies for countering the proliferation of WMD?Comparing the cases of U.S.-North