Overview

This volume is a collection of contributions by world-leading experts in the nuclear field who participated in the educational activities of the International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts (ISODARCO). It features some of most prominent scholars and practitioners who contributed in fundamental ways to shaping policies, strategies, theories, scholarly studies, and debates in the field of non-proliferation and disarmament. On the occasion of ISODARCO's 50th anniversary this book revisits a selection of contributions that capture the pressing issues during the five decades of continuous engagement in disarmament and non-proliferation education.

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Author:   Paolo Foradori ,  Giampiero Giacomello ,  Alessandro Pascolini
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Dimensions:   Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   5.145kg
ISBN:  

9783319872735

ISBN 10:   3319872737
Pages:   371
Publication Date:   24 May 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

  Preface by Carlo Schaerf   Introduction by Alessandro Pascolini   Part I - Early Attempts to Arms Control: 1966-1974 Bernard Feld, Technological Aspects of World Security (1966) Francesco Calogero, Anti-Ballistic Missiles (1968) Anatol Rapoport, International Relations and Game Theory (1970) Herbert F York, The Origins of Mirv (1972) Thomas Schelling, The Importance of Agreements (1972) Hans Morgenthau, The Fallacy of Thinking Conventionally about Nuclear Weapons (1976) Michail A Milstein, Strategic Arms Limitation and Military Strategic Concepts (1976)   Part II - The Hard Times: 1978-1989 Joseph Rotblat, Radiation Hazards in Fission Fuel Cycles (1978) Lawrence Freedman, The Dilemma of European Theatre Nuclear Arms Control (1980)  George Bunn, Nuclear Arms Control: Obstacles to Agreement (1982)  David Carlton, International Systemic Features Inhibiting Disarmament and Arms Control (1982)  Cui Liru, The Problem of the Nuclear First-Use Option (1988)  Jane M Sharp, The Problem of Extended Deterrence in NATO (1988)  Richard H Ullman, Minimum Deterrence and International Security (1988)   Part III - After the Cold War  Richard Garwin, Weapons on Earth and in Space (1992).  Harald Müller, The Non-Proliferation Treaty and the German Choice Not to Proliferate (1992)  Frank von Hippel, and Oleg Bukharin, US-Russian Cooperation on Fissile Material Security and Disposition (1996)  Patricia Lewis, The New Verification Game and Technologies at our Disposal (1996)  Alexei Arbatov, Nuclear Deterrence, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation (2010)  Matthew A Evangelista, Nuclear Abolition or Nuclear Umbrella? Choices and Contradictions in US Proposals (2010)   Conclusion by Paolo Foradori and Giampiero Giacomello

Reviews

“Arms Control and Disarmament makes a specific, well-documented, and fascinating point about arms control and about nuclear weaponry policies and challenges more broadly. … This book should be in all university libraries. While mainly focused on US and Soviet/Russian history, the broad-ranging and still relevant ideas allow the extension of the lessons learned to more current issues. Each essay is a masterpiece that deserves study. Building such a collection in one volume makes this a ‘must-have’ book.” (Sebastien Bleunven,H-Net Reviews Humanities and Social Sciences, networks.h-net.org, October, 2019)

Arms Control and Disarmament makes a specific, well-documented, and fascinating point about arms control and about nuclear weaponry policies and challenges more broadly. ... This book should be in all university libraries. While mainly focused on US and Soviet/Russian history, the broad-ranging and still relevant ideas allow the extension of the lessons learned to more current issues. Each essay is a masterpiece that deserves study. Building such a collection in one volume makes this a 'must-have' book. (Sebastien Bleunven, H-Net Reviews Humanities and Social Sciences, networks.h-net.org, October, 2019)

“Arms Control and Disarmament makes a specific, well-documented, and fascinating point about arms control and about nuclear weaponry policies and challenges more broadly. … This book should be in all university libraries. While mainly focused on US and Soviet/Russian history, the broad-ranging and still relevant ideas allow the extension of the lessons learned to more current issues. Each essay is a masterpiece that deserves study. Building such a collection in one volume makes this a ‘must-have’ book.” (Sebastien Bleunven, H-Net Reviews Humanities and Social Sciences, networks.h-net.org, October, 2019)

Author Information

Paolo Foradori is Associate Professor of Political Science, School of International Studies, University of Trento, Italy.  Giampiero Giacomello is Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.  Alessandro Pascolini is a theoretical physicist and senior scholar at the University of Padua, Italy. He is vice-president of ISODARCO.  

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