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- War and peace in the nuclear age. [videorecording] / by Central Independent Television.(CARDINAL)197174; Intellimation, Inc.(CARDINAL)197935; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)(CARDINAL)154259;
Tells the story of the Nixon-Kissinger era of detente and the negotiations that resulted in the SALT I treaty.Adults.- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.; Interim Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Certain Measures With Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (1972 May 26); Detente.; Nuclear arms control.;
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- War and peace in the nuclear age. [videorecording] / by Central Independent Television.(CARDINAL)197174; Intellimation, Inc.(CARDINAL)197935; WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)(CARDINAL)154259;
Describes the decline of detente and the Carter administration's failure to realize its hopes for a ratified SALT II treaty.College students through adults.- Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.; Interim Agreement Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Certain Measures With Respect to the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (1972 May 26); Detente.; Nuclear arms control.;
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- March to Armageddon : the United States and the nuclear arms race, 1939 to the present / by Powaski, Ronald E.(CARDINAL)186699;
Bibliography: pages 275-282.Roosevelt and the Manhattan Project, 1939-1945 -- Truman, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki, 1945 -- Truman and International Control of the Atom, 1945-1947 -- Truman, the Cold War, and the Hydrogen Bomb, 1947-1952 -- Eisenhower and Massive Retaliation, 1953-1961 -- Eisenhower and Nuclear Arms Control, 1953-1961 -- Kennedy, Nuclear Weapons, and the Limited Test Ban Treaty, 1961-1963 -- Johnson, Nuclear Weapons, and the Pursuit of SALT, 1963-1969 -- Nixon and SALT I, 1969-1972 -- Nixon, Ford, and the Decline of Detente, 1972-1977 -- Carter and SALT II, 1977-1981 -- Reagan and the "Rearmament" of America, 1981-1983 -- Reagan and Nuclear Arms Talks, 1981 to the Present.There have been scientific studies of the nuclear arms race, and there have been political exposés -- yet no book until now has given the general reader a complete and accessible history of the events, forces and factors that have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear holocaust. In this revealing account, Ronald Powaski examines two basic questions: What keeps the nuclear arms race going and why is it so difficult to end? Starting with the opening days of World War II, when Roosevelt gave the go-ahead for the secret development of the atom bomb, the famous Manhattan Project, Powaski traces the unfolding arms race up to the current day. He takes us through Truman's decision to use the bomb against Japan in 1945, the Cold War era and the missile crisis of Kennedy's administration, to the detente years of the seventies and the defense and arms control policies of Ronald Reagan, including "Star Wars" and START (the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks). As Powaski explains, both the United States and the Soviet Union now have a combined total of almost 50,000 nuclear weapons. Nuclear arms treaties and agreements are threatening to collapse, he argues, while the proliferation of nuclear materials and weapons throughout the world has given many countries the capability to produce nuclear weapons. Emphasizing the role of the United States, Powaski shows how one president after another has promised to do his utmost to end the nuclear weapons competition, yet each one has actually increased the quantity or quality of these weapons in the American arsenal. March to Armageddon reveals this startling discrepancy between presidential words and actions.--Publisher description.- Subjects: Nuclear weapons.; Arms race;
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- Negotiating the new START Treaty / by Gottemoeller, Rose E.(Rose Eilene),1953-author.;
Framing the new START Treaty -- The talks take shape -- Rome - the red ballroom -- The run to Moscow -- October breakthrough on verification -- Senate Observer Group in Geneva -- Losing the race to December -- Copenhagen - the presidents meet -- January regroup in Moscow -- Long winter slog -- April glitter in Prague castle -- Up to the Senate -- The last votes -- The gold standard treaty - lessons learned."Rose Gottemoeller, the US chief negotiator of the New START treaty-and the first woman to lead a major nuclear arms negotiation-delivers in this book an invaluable insider's account of the negotiations between the US and Russian delegations in Geneva in 2009 and 2010. It also examines the crucially important discussions about the treaty between President Barack Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev, and it describes the tough negotiations Gottemoeller and her team went through to gain the support of the Senate for the treaty. And importantly, at a time when the US Congress stands deeply divided, it tells the story of how, in a previous time of partisan division, Republicans and Democrats came together to ratify a treaty to safeguard the future of all Americans. Rose Gottemoeller is uniquely qualified to write this book, bringing to the task not only many years of high-level experience in creating and enacting US policy on arms control and compliance but also a profound understanding of the broader politico-military context from her time as NATO Deputy Secretary General. Thanks to her years working with Russians, including as Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, she provides rare insights into the actions of the Russian delegation-and the dynamics between Medvedev and then-Prime Minister Vladmir Putin. Her encyclopedic recall of the events and astute ability to analyze objectively, while laying out her own thoughts and feelings at the time, make this both an invaluable document of record-and a fascinating story. In conveying the sense of excitement and satisfaction in delivering an innovative arms control instrument for the American people and by laying out the lessons Gottemoeller and her colleagues learned, this book will serve as an inspiration for the next generation of negotiators, as a road map for them as they learn and practice their trade, and as a blueprint to inform the shaping and ratification of future treaties"--- Subjects: Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (2010 April 8); Nuclear arms control; Nuclear arms control;
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