Arms Control 2/e

Jozef Goldblat has written reports, articles and books on truce supervision, the arms race and disaramament problems. From 1969 to 1989 he directed the arms control and disarmament programme of studies at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Since 1989 he has been Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow, Programme for Strategic amd International Security Studies at the Geneva Graduate Institute of International Studies. He is also Vice-President of the Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI) and Consultant to the United Nations Institute for Disaramaent Research (UNIDIR).

PART ONE: ANALYTICAL SURVEY Basic Concepts Historical Overview The United Nations Nuclear-Weapon Explosions Nuclear Arms Limitation Nuclear-Weapon Proliferation Proposals for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons Chemical and Biological Weapons Environmental and Radiological Weapons Outer Space and Celestial Bodies The Sea Environment Demilitarized Areas Denuclearized Zones Conventional Arms Control Constraints on Conventional Arms and Technology Transfers Confidence Building in Europe, Asia and the Americas Restrictions on the Methods of Warfare Prevention of Accidental War Verification and Compliance Concluding Remarks PART TWO: AGREEMENTS AND PARTIES (CD-ROM) Selected Pre-World War II Agreements Post-World War II Agreements

Praise for the First Edition `Jozef Goldblat, one of the foremost authorities in this field, has compiled a veritable encyclopedia of arms control.... He is authoritative on both the more prominent topics, such as nuclear non-proliferation and verification, and those which are less widely understood.... Free of jargon, comprehensive on the facts, concise in analysis, this is a work of topical relevance and lasting value' - Bulletin of Arms Control