Congress & Arms Control

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-16735-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 229 mm x 150 mm, Gewicht: 410 g

This book focuses on the changing role of Congress based on various arms control issues: SALT, nonproliferation, arms sales and weapons procurement. It discusses such topical subjects as the role of secrecy in arms negotiations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Platt, Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Congress and Arms Control: A Historical Perspective, 1969–1976 2. The Congressional Resource Problem 3. The Power of Procedure 4. Politics of the Purse 5. The Foreign Relations Committee and the Future of Arms Control 6. The Control of United States Arms Sales 7. Congress and Nonproliferation, 1945–1977 8. Secrecy in Arms Control Negotiations 9. A European Perspective 10. How Congress Can Shape Arms Control 11. Afterword

Über Autor(innen)

Alan Platt is special assistant for congressional relations, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. He has previously been legislative assistant for foreign affairs to Senator Edmund Muskie and research associate of Stanford University’s Arms Control and Disarmament Program.