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Arms Control Arms Control History, Theory, and Policy Volume 1: Foundations of Arms Control ROBERT E. WILLIAMS JR., Pepperdine University, AND PAUL R. VIOTTI, University of Denver, EDITORS Praeger Security International Copyright 2012 by Robert E. Williams Jr. and Paul R. Viotti All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, except for the inclusion of brief quotations in a review, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Arms control : history, theory, and policy / Robert E. Williams Jr. and Paul R. Viotti, editors. p. cm. — (Praeger security international) Includes index. ISBN 978-0-275-99820-2 (hbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-275-99822-6 (v. 1 : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-275-99824-0 (v. 2 : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-275-99821-9 (ebook) 1. Arms control. 2. Arms control—History. 3. Security, International. I. Williams, Robert E., 1959– II. Viotti, Paul R. JZ5625.A753 2012 327.1'74—dc23 2011035539 ISBN: 978-0-275-99820-2 (set) 978-0-275-99822-6 (v. 1) 978-0-275-99824-0 (v. 2) EISBN: 978-0-275-99821-9 16 15 14 13 12 1 2 3 4 5 This book is also available on the World Wide Web as an eBook. Visit www.abc-clio.com for details. Praeger An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC ABC-CLIO, LLC 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911 Santa Barbara, California 93116-1911 This book is printed on acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America We dedicate these volumes on arms control to two of our mentors: Inis Claude, who did pioneering work on collective security and international organization, and Kenneth Waltz, who, as president of the American Political Science Association, helped one of us organize its international security section. Contents Acknowledgments xi Part I: An Introduction to Arms Control 1 1 Introduction: Arms Control’s Third Era 3 Robert E. Williams Jr. 2 A Template for Understanding Arms Control 7 Paul R. Viotti 3 Elements of a General Theory of Arms Control 15 Patrick M. Morgan 4 Arms Control and International Law 41 Robert E. Williams Jr. Part II: Philosophical Foundations 59 5 The Philosophical Underpinnings of Arms Control 61 Michael O. Wheeler 6 Creative Spirit: The Self as a Force for Human Survival 72 Alexander Blackburn 7 Deterrence, Nonproliferation, and Disarmament: The Nuclear Conundrum 85 Alan J. Parrington Part III: Arms Control and the Social Sciences 105 8 Arms Control in the Human Security Paradigm 107 Zaryab Iqbal viii Contents 9 Confl ict Resolution 119 Karen A. Feste 10 Anthropology and Arms Control 144 Pauletta Otis 11 Approaches to Arms Control Simulations: A Primer on Game Theory, Agent-Based Modeling, and Landscape Dynamics 157 Paul R. Viotti Jr. Part IV: Arms Control and NGOs 167 12 NGOs, Social Movements, and Arms Control 169 Jeffrey W. Knopf 13 NGOs and Arms Control Processes 195 Mark E. Donaldson Part V: Arms Control—Historical Perspectives 201 14 Arms Control and Nuclear Weapons 203 James J. Wirtz 15 Strategic Arms Control since World War II 220 Jeffrey A. Larsen 16 The Perils of Arms Control: The Lessons of Naval Arms Limitation during the Interwar Years 247 Robert G. Kaufman 17 The Convention on Cluster Munitions 265 Bonnie Docherty 18 The Control of Landmines and Other Explosive Remnants of War 284 Kenneth R. Rutherford Appendix: Biographical Sketches 293 Bertha von Suttner 293 Roger Alford Woodrow Wilson 295 Calvin M. Scott Nicholas II 297 Benjamin M. Young Bertrand Russell 300 Russell A. Burgos J. Robert Oppenheimer 302 Emerson Siegle Thomas C. Schelling 305 Rebecca Glazier Contents ix Andrei Sakharov 307 Benjamin M. Young Hedley Bull 309 Russell A. Burgos Helen Caldicott 312 Matthew G. Miller Mohamed ElBaradei 314 Russell A. Burgos Randall Forsberg 317 Scott A. Miller Jody Williams 320 Russell A. Burgos Mikhail Gorbachev 322 Calvin M. Scott Index 327 About the Contributors 343

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Set against a backdrop of terrorism, rogue states, non-conventional warfare, and deteriorating diplomacy, this encyclopedia offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, up-to-date reference on the recent history and contemporary practice of arms control and nonproliferation.• 30 illustrations and ph
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