Forecasting zero : (Record no. 76976)

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008 - GENERAL INFORMATION
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020 ## - ISBN
ISBN 158487516X
020 ## - ISBN
ISBN 9781584875161
040 ## - CATALOGUING LIBRARY
Original cataloging library AWC
Modifying library AWC
-- Sipr
041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE
Language code eng
100 1# - AUTHOR
Personal name Pearl, Jonathan
245 10 - TITLE
Title Forecasting zero :
Subtitle U.S. nuclear history and the low probability of disarmament /
Author, etc Jonathan Pearl
246 3# - ALTERNATIVE TITLE
Title US nuclear history and the low probability of disarmament
246 3# - ALTERNATIVE TITLE
Title United States nuclear history and the low probability of disarmament
260 ## - PUBLICATION DATA
Place of publication Carlisle, PA :
Publisher Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College,
Year 2011
300 ## - PAGES ETC
Pages x, 57 p. ;
Dimensions 23 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note "November 2011."
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
About the authors Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-57).
505 0# - CONTENTS
Contents American abolitionism : new trick or old pony? (1945-91). Limited dissent for a wartime project -- Shaping the post-war world -- Three important shifts move the United States away from disarmament -- From Kennedy to Carter : the rise of arms control -- A Reagan-era rebirth for disarmament -- Shaping a new world order, or shaped by it? : from Reykjavik to rogue states. New risks and uncertain priorities in the post-Cold War world (1991-2001) -- Disarmament continues its retreat (2001-09) -- A new center or a return to normalcy? : the four horsemen ride to town -- Forecasting the U.S. nuclear future : yes we can (eventually?). The Obama administration : pledges and actions -- Continuity, not revolution -- Guarding your optimism : conceptual roadblocks to disarmament -- Guarding your optimism : structural roadblocks to disarmament -- Conclusion.
520 ## - SUMMARY
Summary, etc A vigorous debate is occurring among American elites with respect to whether and when the United States should relinquish its nuclear weapons. Bolstering hopes for tangible results is that a U.S. President is again publicly and forcefully supporting disarmament. While this debate, which addresses both technical and political factors related to abolition, may be the most serious one of its kind since the dawn of the nuclear age, the future of U.S. nuclear weapons policy remains uncertain. The general approach advanced today in U.S. policy circles largely hews, after all, to the logic of the past 65 years: arms control and nonproliferation now, disarmament at an undetermined time in the future. Moreover, several conceptual and strategic barriers continue to block serious progress toward U.S. disarmament. By situating the current pro-disarmament rhetoric in this larger historical and strategic context, this monograph argues that there is reason to doubt whether the current push for disarmament will produce meaningful and lasting results.
650 #7 - KEYWORD
Keyword nuclear weapons
Subdivision nonproliferation
-- nuclear arms control
-- history
-- government
-- nuclear disarmament
-- treaties
Geographic subdivision USA
653 ## - UNCONTROLLED KEYWORD
Uncontrolled keyword forecasting
710 2# - ADDED INSTITUTION
Institution US Army War College.
Subordinate unit Strategic Studies Institute, SSI
852 ## - LOCATION
Classification part 341.67 Pearl
856 41 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION
URI http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/download.cfm?q=1092
942 ## - ITEM TYPE (KOHA)
Koha item type monograph
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        SIPRI Library and Documentation SIPRI Library and Documentation 2012-02-07   341.67 Pearl G12/119 2012-02-07 monograph