| Caging the Genies: A Workable Solution for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons Contributor(s): Turner, Stansfield (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813366771 ISBN-13: 9780813366777 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1999 Annotation: The cold war may be over, but you wouldn't know it from the tens of thousands of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons of mass destruction still held by Russia, the United States, and other world powers. Arguing that the time has come to dispense with incremental approaches to arms control, Admiral Stansfield Turner, the former head of the CIA and an experienced senior military commander, proposes a practical yet safe plane that would move the world into a new and secure millennium. The paperback edition of this widely acclaimed work has been updated to consider the implications of such a build-down if applied to non-nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Specifically, Admiral Turner details how a plan for weapons reduction could be carried out for biological and chemical weapons and what tactical and strategic differences exist between de-escalation of nuclear and non-nuclear weapons. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - Treaties - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Technology & Engineering | Military Science |
| Dewey: 327.174 |
| LCCN: 99013854 |
| Lexile Measure: 1320 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 6.03" W x 9.01" (0.64 lbs) 208 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Cold War may be over, but you wouldn't know it from the tens of thousands of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons of mass destruction still held by Russia, the United States, and other world powers. Arguing that the time has come to dispense with incremental approaches to arms control, Admiral Stansfield Turner, the former head of the CIA and an experienced senior military commander, proposes a practical yet safe plan?strategic escrow?that would move the world into a new and secure millennium. The paperback edition of this widely acclaimed work has been updated to consider the implications of such a build-down if applied to non-nuclear weapons of mass destruction. Specifically, Admiral Turner details how a plan for weapons reduction could be carried out for biological and chemical weapons and what tactical and strategic differences exist between de-escalation of nuclear and non-nuclear weapons. |