LEADER 03128nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910970982403321 005 20251116141036.0 010 $a9780309174640 010 $a0309174643 010 $a9780309518376 010 $a0309518377 010 $a9780585002002 010 $a0585002002 035 $a(CKB)110986584752542 035 $a(OCoLC)42328491 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10040983 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000160317 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11154003 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160317 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10183702 035 $a(PQKB)10838527 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3375566 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3375566 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10040983 035 $a(OCoLC)923257298 035 $a(Perlego)4734341 035 $a(BIP)53853997 035 $a(BIP)47416103 035 $a(EXLCZ)99110986584752542 100 $a19970910d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Future of U.S. nuclear weapons policy /$fCommittee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWashington, DC $cNational Academy Press$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (118 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780309063678 311 08$a0309063671 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFront Matter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Why Change U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy? -- 2 Current U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy -- 3 A Regime of Progressive Constraints -- 4 Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons -- APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- APPENDIX B The Buildup and Builddown of Nuclear Forces. 330 $aThe debate about appropriate purposes and policies for U.S. nuclear weapons has been under way since the beginning of the nuclear age. With the end of the Cold War, the debate has entered a new phase, propelled by the post-Cold War transformations of the international political landscape. This volume-based on an exhaustive reexamination of issues addressed in The Future of the U.S.-Soviet Nuclear Relationship (NRC, 1991)-describes the state to which U.S. and Russian nuclear forces and policies have evolved since the Cold War ended. The book evaluates a regime of progressive constraints for future U.S. nuclear weapons policy that includes further reductions in nuclear forces, changes in nuclear operations to preserve deterrence but enhance operational safety, and measures to help prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons. In addition, it examines the conditions and means by which comprehensive nuclear disarmament could become feasible and desirable. 606 $aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy$zUnited States 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy 676 $a355.02/17/0973 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970982403321 996 $aThe Future of U.S. nuclear weapons policy$94366905 997 $aUNINA