Overview
Bringing the subject of arms control into the arena of complex, multi-polar international relations, this text traces the history of agreements over weapons back to ancient times. The author puts forward a typology of arms control: it occurs at the end of major conflicts, stabilizes balances between states, develops norms of behaviour, manages weapons proliferation, and acts as a tool of international organizations. He examines the evolution of five qualitatively different strategies, and applies the arms control typology to agreements in the post-Cold War world.
- | Author: Stuart Croft
- | Publisher: Manchester University Press
- | Publication Date: Dec 05, 1996
- | Number of Pages: 224 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0719048788
- | ISBN-13: 9780719048784
