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The Nuclear Freeze Debate Arms Control Issues For The 1980s
266 Pages
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Routledge
245 Pages
by
Routledge
245 Pages
by
Routledge
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From a local ballot initiative in Massachusetts, the nuclear weapons freeze movement has grown during the last three years into an important national issue. By 1983, Congress had been asked to consider more than two dozen freeze resolutions, and more than 25% of the voters in the U.S. had the opportunity to vote on state-wide and regional freeze initiatives. This book explores the issues behind... Read more
Foreword -- Preface -- Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security -- The Freeze in Congress -- Limited War, Unlimited Protest: The Anti-Nuclear Weapons Movement in Europe -- The Role of American Churches in the Nuclear Weapons Debate -- The Reagan Administration's Reaction to the Nuclear Weapons Freeze Movement -- Intellectual Currents in the American Public Effort for Peace1 -- Can a Nuclear Freeze Be Verified? -- The Nuclear Freeze and Soviet Perspectives on Nuclear War -- Socialist France and Nuclear Weapons -- Readings from the Nuclear Age: An Annotated Bibliography for the Bewildered Citizen
Biography
Paul M. Cole is research associate in political-military studies at Georgetown University's Center for Strategic and International Studies. William J. Taylor, Jr. is chief operating officer and director of political-military studies at CSIS.
