251 pages ; 25 cm

Burns (history, California State U., Los Angeles) provides this historical account of arms control from ancient civilizations to modern-day Iraq that emphasizes negotiation, verification and compliance. Written for anyone interested in arms control and disarmament issues as well as military history, this book reviews the historic means and techniques for arms control such as demilitarization, regulation of arms manufacturing, stabilizing international environments and the outlawing of war. A section also reviews nuclear weaponry before and after the Cold War and the emergence of biological and bacterial delivery systems. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-263) and index

Arms limitations and/or reductions -- Demilitarization, denuclearization, and neutralization -- Regulating use/outlawing weapons and war -- Regulating arms manufacture, trade, and traffic -- Customs and the law of war -- Stabilizing the international environment -- Arms control negotiations -- The verification process -- Compliance and noncompliance -- Reflections : on nuclear weaponry : the Cold War and after

Self-Renewing 2017

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