Unraveling the Gray Area Problem: The United States and the INF Treaty

by Luke Griffith

Book Overview

In Unraveling the Gray Area Problem, Luke Griffith examines the US role in why the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty took almost a decade to negotiate and then failed in just thirty years. The INF Treaty enhanced Western security by prohibiting US and Russian ground-based missiles with maximum ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers. Significantly, it eliminated hundreds of Soviet SS-20 missiles, which could annihilate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501773062
• ISBN13: 9781501773068
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"