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"--

List of contents

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

About the author

Luke Griffith

Product details

• Authors: Luke Griffith
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 15.12.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9781501773068
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-7306-8
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration