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Common sense on weapons of mass destruction

Title: Common sense on weapons of mass destruction [electronic resource] / Thomas Graham Jr.
Author: Graham, Thomas.
Publication: Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press ; Washington, D.C. : in association with the Eisenhower Institute, c2004.

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1 online resource (206 p.)

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Common sense on weapons of mass destruction (Online)

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Common sense on weapons of mass destruction (Online)
Commonsense

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Includes index.

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Contents

The problem of our time: nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism -- The effects of nuclear weapons -- An overview of international law and arms control -- The cornerstone of security: the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty -- The political value of nuclear weapons -- Stopping nuclear explosions: the Test Ban -- Missile defense -- Outer space -- Cleaning up after past wars: land mines and small arms -- Poison gas and microbes: chemical and biological weapons -- Controlling nuclear materials: the situation in Russia -- Regional issues: weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East and nuclear weapons in South and Northeast Asia -- America's role.

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