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New Technologies and the Arms Race

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Carlo Schaerf

    1. University of Rome, Italy

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  2. Brian Holden Reid

    1. King’s College, London, UK

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  3. David Carlton

    1. University of Warwick, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies in Disarmament and Conflicts (SDC)

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. Civilian versus Military Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Do Civilian Spin-offs Justify Investments in Military Technology?

      • Umberto Colombo, Giuseppe Lanzavecchia
      Pages 3-16

    3. Non-Military Justification of Military R and D: Rationality or Rationalisation?

      • Lloyd J. Dumas
      Pages 17-28

    4. Non-Military Justifications for Investment in Military R and D

      • Roberto Fieschi
      Pages 29-49

    5. Non-Military Justification for Investments in Military Technologies

      • Shalheveth Freier
      Pages 50-54

  3. The Strategic Defense Initiative: Military and Civilian Space Technology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Scientists and the Strategic Defense Initiative

      • Sidney D. Drell
      Pages 57-65

    3. Defensive and Offensive Weapons in Space and Civilian Space Technologies

      • Richard L. Garwin
      Pages 66-79

    4. Clarifying ABM Treaty Ambiguities: Threshold Limits

      • John E. Pike
      Pages 80-95

    5. Cosmic Space and the Role of Europe

      • Rolf Linkohr
      Pages 96-105

    6. A Technical Assessment of Potential Threats to NATO from Non-Nuclear Soviet Tactical Ballistic Missiles

      • Benoit Morel, Theodore A. Postol
      Pages 106-157

  4. Civilian Nuclear Technologies and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159
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    2. Civilian Nuclear Technologies and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation

      • John P. Holdren
      Pages 161-198

    3. Nuclear Disarmament and Peaceful Nuclear Technology — Can We Have Both?

      • Theodore B. Taylor
      Pages 199-209

    4. Pakistan’s Nuclear Weapons Programme and its Implications

      • Jorma K. Miettinen
      Pages 210-215

  5. Problems of Command and Control

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
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    2. Routine Nuclear Operations

      • Paul Bracken
      Pages 219-225

    3. Arms, Decision-Making and Information Technology

      • Allan M. Din
      Pages 226-236

    4. Controlling Theatre Nuclear War

      • Desmond Ball
      Pages 237-274
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About this book

This volume contains the proceedings of the International Conference on Technology, Arms Race and Disarmament which took place at Castiglioncello, Italy, in September 1987. The papers examine strategic defence policies, nuclear weapons proliferation and arms control among many other topics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Rome, Italy

    Carlo Schaerf

  • King’s College, London, UK

    Brian Holden Reid

  • University of Warwick, UK

    David Carlton

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