Unraveling the Gray Area Problem - The United States and the Inf Treaty

"This book analyzes US nuclear policy from 1977 to 1987, during which the Carter and Reagan administrations devised and implemented NATO's dual-track decision of 1979. It prescribed US missile deployments in Europe and arms talks with Moscow, which produced the INF Treaty in 1987. This book also examines the agreement's demise"--

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Abolitionist Dreams

1. A Crisis of Confidence: Bungling the Neutron Bomb

2. Neither "Mad Dogs" nor "Reluctant Dragons": The Guadeloupe Summit

3. Carter in Command: Devising the Dual-Track Decision

4. Between "Green Cheese" and "the Moon": The Reagan Administration and the Zero Option

5. Engaging the "Defective Vending Machine": The Reagan Administration and the INF Negotiations

6. For Matrimony or Alimony? Reagan, Gorbachev, and the INF Endgame

7. Conclusion: "Trust but Verify"

Epilogue: From George H. W. Bush to Donald Trump

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Luke Griffith

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Luke Griffith
• Verlag: Cornell University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheint: 15.12.2023, verspätet
• EAN: 9781501773068
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-7306-8
• Seiten: 312
• Themen: Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Staatslehre und politische Verwaltung