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The Politics of Peace: An Evaluation of Arms Conrols
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THE POLITICS OF PEACE
An Evaluation of Arms Control
John H. Barton
Published in 1981
As practiced in the last two decades, arms control can provide some, but only very limited, help in maintaining peace; this is the conclusion that emerges from this evaluation of the capabilities and limitations of arms control. Substantial reductions in weapons am extremely desirable, but the author suggests that the current
arms control approach is politically unable to produce such reductions, as confirmed by the SALT negotiations and the withdrawal of the draft SALT II treaty.
After reaching this pessimistic judgment, the author considers possible changes in the arms control process. He carefully examines the problem of enforcement and finds that traditional concepts of large-scale international military forces am likely to be of little help, but that less dramatic procedures based on public opinion or on very constrained use of force are likely to be much more beneficial. He then reviews possible arms control applications to identify situations in which this favorable interplay can be achieved. The resulting new arms control agenda includes international organization reform, new kinds of expert groups, and new forms of international military consultation. For all these innovations the author suggests politically plausible first steps.
John H. Barton is Professor of Law at Stanford
University, and is co-editor of International
Arms Control: Issues and Agreements
This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of the original work.
Title: The Politics of Peace: An Evaluation of Arms Control
Author: John H. Barton
Publisher: Stanford University Press 1981
ISBN 0804710813
Contents
Background: The Sources of War and Peace 1
The Initiation of War 15
International Law and Arms Control 44
Entry into Arms Control Agreements 67
The Impact of Contemporary Arms Control 105
Multilateral Techniques of Enforcing Arms Control 127
SALT and the Control of Bilateral Nuclear Deterrence 148
Regional Arms Control 175
Global Arms Control 200
Conclusions 219
International Arms Control: Issues and Agreements
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This is a reproduction edition from the 1976 publication.
This is an exhaustive analysis of national and international arms control: its history, philosophy, cultural context, technology, economic and political ramifications, achievements, and future prospects. The book reflects the combined contributions of the Stanford Arms Control Group, an interdisciplinary group of nearly twenty faculty members who have been jointly teaching an undergraduate arms control course at Stanford University since 1971.
The book will assist the general reader in understanding and forming intelligent opinions on such issues as the role of doctrine in military strategy, the difficulties posed by rapidly changing technology, and the value limitations of arms control as a way to prevent war. It is also designed as supplementary reading for courses in international relations, diplomatic history, and foreign policy.
An appendix contains the text of eighteen major arms control agreements. The volume concludes with discussion questions and suggestions for further reading.
John H. Barton is Professor of Law at Stanford University. Lawrence D. Weiler is
Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Stanford University.
This is a reproduction edition based on a scanned copy of the original work:
Title International Arms Control: Issues and Agreements
Authors Stanford Arms Control Group, John H. Barton, Lawrence D. Weiler
Editors John H. Barton, Lawrence D. Weiler
Publisher Stanford University Press, 1976
ISBN 0804709211, 9780804709217
Length 444 pages
The Stanford Arms Control Group:
John H. Barton, Richard Brody, Gordon A. Craig, Alexander Dallin, Sidney D. Drell, Donald Dunn, Thomas Ehrlich, Alexander L. George, Joshua Lederberg, John W. Lewis, Robert D. North, Wolfgang Panofsky, Peter Paret, Henry Rowen, Jan Triska, Lawrence D. Weiler, Franklin B. Weinstein
Invited Participants in the Review Conference at Stanford, August 1974:
Anne Cahn, Steven Canby, Albert Carnesale, Harold Feiveson, Leslie Fishbone, Ralph Goldman, James Gustin, Roman Kolkowicz, Joseph Kruzel, George Quester, Eric Stein, Samuel Williamson
Contents
Introduction 1
Arms Control: Cultural Context and Motivations 9
Modern Disarmament Efforts Before World War II 31
The Changing Nature of Strategic Weapons 46
An Overview of the Negotiations Since World War II 66
Agreements and Treaties Other than SALT and the NPT 94
Strategic Doctrine 123
The Institutions of Arms Control 151
The Negotiation of SALT I 172
SALT, 1972-1975 208
The Economics of Arms and Arms Control 228
Regional Arms Control: The European Example 249
Control of Conventional Arms 271
Control of Nuclear Proliferation 288
Towards an Evaluation of Arms Control: Unanswered Questions 310
Appendixes 323
Discussion Questions 419
Suggested Further Readings 425
Negotiating Cooperation: The United States and China 1969-1989
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“This is likely to be the definitive account for many years to come of Sino-American relations during the period covered. Ross uses an incredible range of American and Chinese personal interviews, and he has a uniquely valuable set of internal Chinese analyses that have no precedent in other published works for their detailed assessments of U.S. policy. The organization of the book is as excellent as its coverage, and the writing is superbly lucid.”
- Allen S. Whiting, University of Arizona
“This authoritative and stimulating work is the best on the subject. It will serve two audiences, those wanting a narrative of U.S.-China relations and those seeking a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the relationship and its lessons for international politics. Whether dealing with grand strategy or diplomatic detail, Ross is masterly.”
- Andrew J. Nathan, Columbia University
Robert S. Ross is Associate Professor of Political Science at Boston College and Research Associate at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University
It is generally assumed that in the 1970’s and 1980’s the United States and China developed cooperative relations in order to enhance their security against the common threat from the Soviet Union. Conventional wisdom claims that in the interest of maximizing cooperation Washington and Beijing agreed to “shelve” or put aside any conflicting issues. Where conflict did occur, it has been blamed on diplomatic mismanagement or the intrusion of domestic politics into diplomacy.
This book shows, however, that maintaining the U.S.-China cooperative relationship was never easy precisely because there were major ongoing conflicts between the two powers, notably over Taiwan. The author thus disputes Henry Kissinger’s claims that only he and Richard Nixon were uniquely wise in understanding that Taiwan was not an important issue. In fact, at no time did China agree that the U.S. stance toward Taiwan was even temporarily acceptable, and this problem required continuous negotiations and mutual adjustments.
The book examines how China and the United States managed to develop and consolidate cooperative relations for almost two decades despite the existence of the Taiwan question. It explains how negotiations over Taiwan were conducted, and why the two powers sometimes made compromises and at other times were willing to tolerate the status quo. It also examines why the negotiations on occasion became acrimonious and why the acrimony eventually subsided. In short, the book is a series of case studies of U.S. –China negotiations, examining the impact, at various points in time, of distinct combinations of internal and external factors on the behavior of the negotiators and the outcome of the negotiations.
This is a reproduction edition from a scanned copy of one of the following editions:
Negotiating cooperation: the United States and China, 1969-1989
By Robert S. Ross
Published by Stanford University Press, 1995
ISBN 0804724539, 9780804724531
349 pages
Contents
Introduction 1
Taiwan , Kuomintang , Chinese civil war
First Contacts 17
Beijing , Zhou Enlai , Soviet Union
The Necessity 120
Taiwan Relations Act , Woodcock , Morton Abramowitz
Renewed Cold 163
Taiwan Relations Act , Pershing II , Chinese
U S Strategic 201
August 17 , Wu Xueqian , Reagan administration
Negotiating Cooperation 246
Alexander Haig , Cold War , U.S.-PRC cooperation
U S PRC JOINT 265
Shanghai Communique , Republic of China , Jammu and Kashmir
TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT 273
Leonard Woodcock , Sino-American Relations , Xinhua
NOTES 322
FBIS/PRC , Beijing Review , Edward W
INDEX 341
