Arms Control: A Guide to Negotiations and Agreements (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)) - Softcover

Goldblat, Jozef

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761953264 ISBN 13: 9780761953265

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Providing a historical overview of arms control, this comprehensive volume analyzes all international arms control agreements reached from the latter part of the 19th century through mid-1993. As the first of its kind, this impressive volume is divided into two parts. The first part presents each arms control agreement in its political context and critically assesses the significance of each agreement. The author also provides a comparative review of the problems of verification and compliance posed by the various treaties, as well as a discussion on negotiations which failed to result in any agreement and recommendations for future arms control negotiations. Part two contains the complete texts, or carefully selected excerpts, of the agreements discussed in part one. As the only complete source for arms control documents, students, scholars and anyone interested in peace studies, strategic and military studies, and international relations will find this comprehensive volume to be an invaluable resource. "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. An excellent chapter surveys the long and often noble history of ′international humanitarian law′ from the 1868 Declaration of St. Petersburg designed ′to reconcile the necessities of war with the laws of humanity′, to the Inhumane Weapons Convention of 1981. . . . Among so much to admire, one will always want more. . . . Free of jargon, comprehensive on the facts, concise in analysis, this is a work of topical relevance and lasting value." --John Edmonds, former diplomat and UK Ambassador to the CTB

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About the Author

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).

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761953264
• ISBN 13: 9780761953265
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 800