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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783368303321

Autore

Powaski Ronald E.

Titolo

Return to Armageddon : the United States and the nuclear arms race, 1981-1999 / / Ronald E. Powaski

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2000]

©2000

ISBN

0-19-771585-0

0-19-028967-8

1-60256-740-9

1-280-83817-5

0-19-516098-3

1-280-45249-8

9786610452491

1-4237-4110-2

0-19-535596-2

0-19-518571-4

1-60256-108-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

327.1747

Soggetti

Arms race - History - 20th century

Nuclear weapons

United States Military policy

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

Contents; Preface; Introduction: The Nuclear Arms Race, 1939-1981; 1 The Reagan Nuclear Buildup; 2 The Reagan About-Face; 3 Bush and START I; 4 Bush and START II; 5 Clinton, START II, and the ABM Treaty; 6 Clinton, and Counterproliferation; Conclusion: The Enduring Nuclear Threat; Afterword; Acronyms and Technical Terms; Notes; Suggested Readings; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

During the Reagan, Bush and Clinton administrations, the United States, through its victory in the Cold War, led the world away from the



brink of nuclear annihilation, and then slowly became aware of the increased threat of nuclear confrontation in a world more splintered than ever before.