Arms Control [2 volumes]: History, Theory, and Policy

805 Pages·2012·2.37 MB·English

by  Robert E. Williams Jr.

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
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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
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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