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Historical Dictionary of Arms Control and Disarmament, Hardback Book

Historical Dictionary of Arms Control and Disarmament Hardback

Part of the Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution, and Civil Unrest series

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Historical Dictionary of Arms Control and Disarmament provides a historical review of key themes and issues in international security and arms control, focusing on efforts in the 20th century to control the spread and use of armaments and to prevent war.

This book summarizes the rich and proud traditions of arms control and disarmament, their critical role in ensuring a non-catastrophic course throughout history (especially the dangerous period of the Cold War), and their continuing relevance and role in the emerging post-Cold War world.

It also seeks to reinforce a broad perspective of key terms in order to capture the scope and range of their application yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Given this combined tradition and focus, this Dictionary serves two purposes.

As a historical dictionary, it chronicles key terms, personalities, events, and agreements as a ready reference from which to launch a more extensive investigation.

But it also seeks to capture the breadth of current and future applications by presenting the vocabulary of traditional and non-traditional approaches.

The book includes a large dictionary of more than 1,000 key terms, as well as a comprehensive bibliography divided into multiple categories, an extensive chronology, and a timeline. This book can also serve as a useful desk reference for the policy practitioner.

The pace and intensity of the practice of arms control often eliminates the luxury of conventional study of past or related arms control efforts.

The dictionary seeks to provide a relevant sampling of treaty and agreement details and of the specific terms of reference of arms control to allow productive progress in a policy work environment. Researchers and students will also find the dictionary to be a useful reference tool.

Much of the formal literature in the field, such as treaty texts and policy pronouncements, is written in technical language without elaboration.

Also, many references to agreements are posed in shorthand intended only for the policy practi

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