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Arms control, for decades at the core of the foreign policy consensus, today is among the more contentious issues in American politics. It is pilloried and considered out of mode in many conservative quarters, while being viewed as nearly sacrosanct in many liberal circles.

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An overview of the global problem of gun violence. Just as guns know no borders, gun violence has become a global epidemic, killing many people each year and injuring many more. Virtually every illegal gun begins as a legal gun. This book documents the global gun trade, its threat to public health, and efforts to remedy the situation.

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In October 2002 the US confronted North Korea with suspicions that Pyongyang was enriching uranium in violation of the Agreed Framework that the nations had worked out during the Clinton administration. North Korea subsequently evicted international monitors and resumed its nuclear weapons program. This book chronicles the resulting second Korean nuclear crisis.

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This volume provides a study of the current UK nuclear program and related issues that reflect the complexity of the Trident weapons system and the changing nature of deterrence. Presenting the political, cultural, technical, and strategic aspects of Trident it provides a thoughtful overview of the UKs complex relationship with nuclear weapons.

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This book examines the record of United States implementation of arms control and nonproliferation regimes from 1986 to the present.

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This book analyzes the 2008 USIndia nuclear cooperation agreement. Employing the regime theory, it argues that the agreement was not an impromptu overturn of the US nuclear nonproliferation policy or of the NPT-centric regime but, rather, a strategic move to accommodate the anomaly within the regime based on a long process of bilateral dialogue.

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Examines how civil wars - including those in Lebanon, Chechnya and Kosovo - have affected other nations. This book draws from these lessons to produce recommendations for US policy, should a full-scale civil war break out in Iraq.

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The authors contend that a US-Iran war is probable but not inevitable because of the role of several intervening variables, such as the prohibitively high costs of such a war and its cascading effects. They also discuss how both sides can take important but difficult steps to avert a war.

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What role should nuclear weapons play in today's world How can the United States promote international security while safeguarding its own interests U.

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Warnke, Former Director, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

The first systematic appraisal of the utility of unilateral initiatives in arms control, this study combines theory and case studies to provide important insights and implications for U.S. policy.

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Scoblic looks at how American foreign policy has been formed by conservative ideals and argues that the Bush administration's stance poses a catastrophic threat to the nation's future.

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Understanding and Explaining the Iranian Nuclear Crisis analyzes the crisis surrounding Irans nuclear program and explores the various aspects and dimensions of the international dispute using several academic perspectives, including realism, world-systems theory, liberal institutionalism, domestic politics, and multi-level games.

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A new approach to nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation, and the prevention of nuclear terrorism that focuses on controlling the production and stockpiling of nuclear materials.

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An assessment of the continuing threat of a Russian nuclear attack on the U.S., based on Russian history and an analysis of recent military incidents, and written by a military advisor to the House of Representatives and former CIA military analyst.

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This foundational primer offers a comprehensive analysis of the evolution and current status of weapons of mass destruction and seeks to inform and advance policy debate in ways that support international security, while also adding important connective tissue between analytical areas in the IR and historical domains that often remain separate.

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This foundational primer offers a comprehensive analysis of the evolution and current status of weapons of mass destruction and seeks to inform and advance policy debate in ways that support international security, while also adding important connective tissue between analytical areas in the IR and historical domains that often remain separate.

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Chapman's book gives an insider's view of the struggle for gun control, highlighting the public discourse between shooters determined to preserve the right for civilians to bear military-style weapons, and activists dedicated to getting Australia 'off the American path' of gun violence.

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In 2007 two former US secretaries of state, a defense secretary, and a former senator wrote persuasively in the Wall Street Journal that the time had come to move seriously toward a nuclear-free world. This title presents the dangers of nuclear weapons and the advantages of disarmament as a goal.

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A comprehensive and thrilling account of how the great powers of Europe were caught up in a spiralling arms race that would end in the horror of the Second World War

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"A basic understanding of the science and history of nuclear weapons, including attempts to control, limit, and use them, and the prospects for eliminating them completely"--

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