Winning and Losing the Nuclear Peace: The Rise, Demise, and Revival of Arms Control

by Michael Krepon

Book Overview

The definitive guide to the history of nuclear arms control by a wise eavesdropper and masterful storyteller, Michael Krepon.

The greatest unacknowledged diplomatic achievement of the Cold War was the absence of mushroom clouds. Deterrence alone was too dangerous to succeed; it needed arms control to prevent nuclear warfare. So, U.S. and Soviet leaders ventured into the unknown to devise guardrails for nuclear arms control and to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503629090
• ISBN13: 9781503629097
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.3" x 6.8" x 9.4"