| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Description |
x, 206 pages ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
The problem of our time: nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism -- The effects of nuclear weapons -- An overview of international law and arms control -- The cornerstone of security: the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -- The political value of nuclear weapons -- Stopping nuclear explosions: the Test Ban -- Missile defense -- Outer space -- Cleaning up after past wars: land mines and small arms -- Poison gas and microbes: chemical and biological weapons -- Controlling nuclear materials: the situation in Russia -- Regional issues: weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East and nuclear weapons in South and Northeast Asia -- America's role. |
| Subject |
Nuclear nonproliferation.
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Nuclear nonproliferation. |
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Weapons of mass destruction.
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Weapons of mass destruction. |
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Arms control.
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Arms control. |
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Security, International.
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Security, International. |
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Massavernietigingswapens. |
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Wapenbeheersing. |
| ISBN |
029598466X paperback alkaline paper |
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