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020 $a9781568583990 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aJZ5625$b.R58 2010
082 00 $a327.1/740973$222
100 1 $aRitter, Scott.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99014708
245 10 $aDangerous ground :$bAmerica's failed arms control policy, from FDR to Obama /$cScott Ritter.
260 $aNew York :$bNation Books,$c[2010], ©2010.
300 $axxiv, 435 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $tForeword /$rWilliam R. Polk -- $gIntroduction.$tPrague Spring, Redux -- $tPrologue: Missile Crisis -- $g1.$tThe Genie Escapes -- $g2.$tRed Scare Myths -- $g3.$tMassive Retaliation -- $g4.$tMissile Gaps -- $g5.$tSIOP Versus "Big Ivan" -- $g6.$tOn the Edge of the Nuclear Abyss -- $g7.$tUnfulfilled Promises: The Limited Test Ban Treaty and Nonproliferation -- $g8.$tMissed Opportunities -- $g9.$tPeace Through Strength -- $g10.$tThe End of Detente -- $g11.$tThe Cold War Begins Anew -- $g12.$tThree Minutes Until Midnight -- $g13.$tThe Triumph of Reason -- $g14.$tNeglect and Decay -- $g15.$tThe End of Arms Control -- $tConclusion: Toward a Nuclear Weapons-Free World.
520 1 $a"In Dangerous Ground, Scott Ritter, one of the world's leading experts on arms control, tells a bold and revisionist account of the inseparable histories of the post-World War II American presidency and nuclear weapons. Unpacking sixty years of nuclear history, Ritter shows that nuclear weapons have become such a fixture that they define present-day America on economic, military, political, and moral grounds. And despite fears of global nuclear proliferation, the greatest threat to international stability, Ritter argues, is the US's addiction to nuclear weapons." "Even in light of Barack Obama's historic speech in April 2009 - which called for the eventual abolition of nuclear weapons - America continues to guard a significant and dangerous nuclear stockpile. The notion that we are more secure with nuclear weapons is deeply entrenched in the American psyche - and virulently protected by forces in the US establishment. As long as this paradigm persists, Ritter suggests, there will be no fundamental US policy change, and as such, no change in global nuclear proliferation."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aArms control$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
852 00 $bleh$hJZ5625$i.R58 2010