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Author:

Garrity, Patrick J., author.

Title:

Averting doomsday : arms control during the Nixon presidency / Patrick J. Garrity and Erin R. Mahan.

Publisher:

University of Virginia Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xv, 237 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Nixon, Richard M.--(Richard Milhous),--1913-1994.
United States--History--History--20th century.
Nuclear weapons--United States--History--20th century.
Arms control--History--20th century.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks.
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II.
United States--Foreign relations--1969-1974.

Other Authors:

Mahan, Erin R., 1969- author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Nixon's arms control inheritance -- National security landscape and arms control agenda -- Two paths: Biological and chemical weapons control -- Nixon's crown jewel of arms control: SALT and ABM -- Nuclear nonproliferation and a strategy of ambivalence -- Unfinished business of SALT II -- Reconciling nuclear testing with arms control -- Legacies and implications.

Summary:

"This book shows how the Nixon administration proved a critical juncture in US efforts to limit the number and to control the spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Miller Center Studies on the Presidency

ISBN:

0813946697
9780813946696

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1245578563

LCCN:

2021021074

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)