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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818580303321

Autore

Graham Thomas <1933->

Titolo

Cornerstones of security : arms control treaties in the nuclear era / / Thomas Graham and Damien J. LaVera

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Seattle, : University of Washington Press

Washington D.C., : Nuclear Threat Initiative, Inc., c2002

ISBN

0-295-80141-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1504 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

LaVeraDamien J

Disciplina

341.7/33

Soggetti

Arms control

Nuclear arms control

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

The 1925 Geneva Protocol -- The Antarctic Treaty -- The "Hot line" agreements -- The Limited Test Ban Treaty -- The Outer Space Treaty -- Nuclear-weapon-free-zone treaties : background on nuclear-weapon-free zones Treaty of Tlatelolco -- The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -- Special non-proliferation treaty safeguards agreements : the U.S. Voluntary Safeguard Agreement -- The Seabed Arms Control Treaty -- The "Accidents Measures" Agreement -- The Biological Weapons Convention -- The Incidents at Sea Agreement -- The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks -- The Threshold Test Ban Treaty -- The Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty -- The Environmental Modification Convention -- The Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material -- Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons -- Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers -- The Ballistic Missile Launch Notification Agreement -- The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty -- The Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty -- The Open Skies Treaty -- The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties (START I & II) -- The Chemical Weapons Convention -- The agreed framework -- Confidence and security measures documents -- The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty -- The Ottawa Convention on Landmines -- Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions.

Sommario/riassunto

Presents the complete text of thirty-four treaties that have effectively contained the spread of nuclear, biological, and conventional weapons



during the Cold War and beyond. This title is suitable for diplomats, international lawyers, and arms control specialists.