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First published in 1977, Arms Control and Technological Innovation is primarily concerned with three subjects: the causes of the arms race; the consequences of the arms race to the world; and the control of the arms race.
List of contents
Preface Glossary of Acronyms 1. Summary of Proceedings 2. New Technologies and New Weapons Systems 3. Can Conventional New Technologies and New Tactics Replace Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Europe? 4. The International Political Economy of Proliferation 5. Arms Limitation and Security Policies Required to Minimize the Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons 6. The Anglo-American Nuclear Relationship: Proliferatory or Anti Proliferatory? 7. Proliferation: Sophisticated Weapons and Revolutionary Options-The Sub- State Perspective 8. Arms and Politics: Old Issues, New Perceptions 9. A Different Approach to Arms Control- Reciprocal Unilateral Restraint 10. A New Approach to Strategic Arms Limitation and Reduction 11. Strategic Arms Limitation and Military Strategic Concepts 12. Nuclear Testing- No End in Sight? 13. Reconnaissance Satellites and the Arms Race 14. The Realities of Arms Control: The Cruise Missile Case 15. The Diffusion of Economic and Military Power and its Impact on the Middle East Conflict 16. The Fallacy of Thinking Conventionally about Nuclear Weapons 17. All at Sea? A Critique of the American Strategic Force Structure 18. The Function of Military Power 19. 116 Wars in 30 Years 20. The Role of Arms in Capitalist Economies: The Process of Overdevelopment and Underdevelopment 21. Economic and Technological Prerequisites for Achieving Political and Military Stability Contributors List of Course Participants
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David Carlton and Carlo Schaerf
Summary
First published in 1977, Arms Control and Technological Innovation is primarily concerned with three subjects: the causes of the arms race; the consequences of the arms race to the world; and the control of the arms race.
