US Strategic Arms Policy in the Cold War by David Tal - 9781138632646

Taylor & Francis

US Strategic Arms Policy in the Cold WarNegotiation and Confrontation over SALT, 1969-1979\nAuthor(s): David Tal\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138632646, 978-1138632646\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the negotiations between the USA and the USSR on the limitation of strategic arms during the Cold War, from 1969 to 1979.\n\nThe negotiations on the limitation of strategic arms, which were concluded in two agreements SALT I and SALT II (with only the first ratified), marked a major change in the history of arms control negotiations. For the first time, in the relatively short history of nuclear weapons and negotiations over nuclear disarmament, the two major nuclear powers had agreed to put limits on the size of their nuclear strategic arms. However, the negotiations between the US and USSR were the easy part of the process. The more difficult part was the negotiations among the Americans. Through the study of a d.