1st Edition

Reluctant Champions U.S. Presidential Policy and Strategic Export Controls, Truman, Eisenhower, Bush and Clinton

By Richard T. Cupitt Copyright 2000
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

Controls on the export of military and dual-use items were fundamental to international efforts to constrain Soviet military capabilities during the Cold War. While essential to combating the proliferation of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons, these controls also impose severe costs on national economies. Also, conflicts over export control policies often mar relations between the... Read more
Introduction; The United States and Export Controls; One domestic politics and export controls Presidents, Political Entrepreneurs, and Prohibition Norms; Two dual-use export controls in historical perspective; Three the truman administration Politics Doesn’t Stop at the Water’s Edge; Four the eisenhower administration “Damned Silly Practices”; Five the bush administration A New World Order; Six the clinton administration It’s the Economy, Stupid; Seven conclusion Reluctant Champions

Biography

Richard T. Cupitt is Associate Director at the Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia. He is also the Center's liaison to Washington, D.C. His books include U.S. and Japanese Nonproliferation Export Controls (1996) and International Cooperation on Nonproliferation Export Controls (1994).