LEADER 03546nam 2200553 450 001 9910815142003321 005 20230814215418.0 010 $a1-5017-0937-2 024 7 $a10.7591/9781501709371 035 $a(CKB)4340000000255949 035 $a(OCoLC)992438021 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65776 035 $a(DLC) 2017031400 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4982968 035 $a(DE-B1597)496574 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501709371 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4982968 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11524681 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000255949 100 $a20170609d2018 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe control agenda $ea history of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks /$fMatthew J. Ambrose 210 1$aIthaca :$cCornell University Press,$d2018. 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a1-5017-1201-2 311 $a1-5017-1374-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aNuclear arms control$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aNuclear arms control$zSoviet Union$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$zSoviet Union 607 $aSoviet Union$xForeign relations$zUnited States 610 $anuclear, Cold War, SALT, INF, arms control. 615 0$aNuclear arms control$xHistory. 615 0$aNuclear arms control$xHistory. 676 $a327.1/747 700 $aAmbrose$b Matthew J.$01601940 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815142003321 996 $aThe control agenda$93925745 997 $aUNINA