03520nam 2200553 450 991046783380332120200520144314.01-5017-0937-210.7591/9781501709371(CKB)4340000000255949(OCoLC)992438021(MdBmJHUP)muse65776(DLC) 2017031400(MiAaPQ)EBC4982968(DE-B1597)496574(DE-B1597)9781501709371(Au-PeEL)EBL4982968(CaPaEBR)ebr11524681(EXLCZ)99434000000025594920170609d2018 uy| 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe control agenda a history of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks /Matthew J. AmbroseIthaca :Cornell University Press,2018.1 online resource1-5017-1201-2 1-5017-1374-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : the promise of control -- Arms control : context and precedents -- Negotiation : a new dimension in strategic competition -- Aftermath and adaptation : the origins of SALT II -- "In good faith" : Carter's gambit -- "Thinking out loud" : the struggle with sprawl -- "Summary--bleak" : the unraveling of detente -- INF : the last gasp of SALT -- Conclusion : the consequences of control.The Control Agenda is a sweeping account of the history of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), their rise in the Nixon and Ford administrations, their downfall under President Carter, and their powerful legacies in the Reagan years and beyond.Matthew Ambrose pays close attention to the interplay of diplomacy, domestic politics, and technology, and finds that the SALT process was a key point of reference for arguments regarding all forms of Cold War decision making. Ambrose argues elite U.S. decision makers used SALT to better manage their restive domestic populations and to exert greater control over the shape, structure, and direction of their nuclear arsenals.Ambrose also asserts that prolonged engagement with arms control issues introduced dynamic effects into nuclear policy. Arms control considerations came to influence most areas of defense decision making, while the measure of stability SALT provided allowed the examination of new and potentially dangerous nuclear doctrines. The Control Agenda makes clear that verification and compliance concerns by the United States prompted continuous reassessments of Soviet capabilities and intentions; assessments that later undergirded key U.S. policy changes toward the Soviet Union. Through SALT's many twists and turns, accusations and countercharges, secret backchannels and propaganda campaigns the specter of nuclear conflict loomed large.Nuclear arms controlUnited StatesHistoryNuclear arms controlSoviet UnionHistoryUnited StatesForeign relationsSoviet UnionSoviet UnionForeign relationsUnited StatesElectronic books.Nuclear arms controlHistory.Nuclear arms controlHistory.327.1/747Ambrose Matthew J.1037243MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910467833803321The control agenda2458077UNINA