Disarming Diplomat: The Memoirs of Ambassador Gerard C. Smith, Arms Control Negotiator (W. Alton Jones Foundation Series on the Presidency & Arms Control) - Hardcover

Smith, Gerard C. Ambassador

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1568330626 ISBN 13: 9781568330624

Publisher: Madison Books, 1996

Synopsis

"The author shares his firsthand experience with readers....For anyone interested in a short but highly readable account of our disarmament efforts, Smith's book is a good place to start." ―Library Journal

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Disarming Diplomat: The Memoirs of Ambassador Gerard C. Smith, Arms Control Negotiator offers many intimate details of prominent players in arms control negotiation, including Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Foster Dulles, Henry Kissinger, and Jimmy Carter. A recipient of the Medal of Freedom for his commitment to arms control, Smith offers important lessons learned from a career in nuclear policy and diplomacy. With various nations vacillating on nuclear policy, this book is essential reading for anyone concerned about the role of nuclear weapons in the post-Cold War world or interested in the history of the Cold War, nuclear diplomacy, or international relations.

From Library Journal:

Smith was involved in how we should cope with our nuclear arsenal for over 40 years, most importantly as director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and chief U.S. delegate to the SALT negotiations under President Nixon. In many respects, Smith's career reflects the evolution of American thought vis-a-vis nuclear weapons. First coming to grips with the reality of maintaining a nuclear arsenal during the 1950s, Smith and the administrations he served slowly recognized that we needed to get beyond disarmament to stopping proliferation. The author shares his firsthand experience with readers, and through him we gain a greater appreciation of the difficulties the various administrations faced as they struggled to control and reduce our dependence on them. For anyone interested in a short but highly readable account of our disarmament efforts, Smith's book is a good place to start. Recommended for all collections.?Edward Goedeken, Iowa State Univ. Lib., Ames
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About this edition

• Publisher: Madison Books
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1568330626
• ISBN 13: 9781568330624
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288