Verfasst von:	Maurer, John [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Competitive arms control
Titelzusatz:	Nixon, Kissinger, and SALT, 1969-1972
Verf.angabe:	John D. Maurer
Verlagsort:	New Haven ; London
Verlag:	Yale University Press
E-Jahr:	2022
Jahr:	[2022]
Umfang:	XII, 299 Seiten
Fussnoten:	Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 273-292, Register
ISBN:	978-0-300-24755-8
Abstract:	How did Richard Nixon, a president so determined to compete for strategic nuclear advantage over the Soviet Union, become one of the most successful arms controllers of the Cold War? Drawing on newly opened Cold War archives, John D. Maurer argues that a central purpose of arms control talks for American leaders was to channel nuclear competition toward areas of American advantage and not just international cooperation. While previous accounts of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) have emphasized American cooperative motives, Maurer highlights how Nixon, National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, and Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird shaped negotiations, balancing their own competitive interests with proponents of cooperation while still providing a coherent rationale to Congress. Within the arms control agreements, American leaders intended to continue deploying new weapons, and the arms control restrictions, as negotiated, allowed the United States to sustain its global power, contain communism, and ultimately prevail in the Cold War.
Schlagwörter:	(p)Nixon, Richard M.    / (p)Kissinger, Henry    / (g)USA    / (t)SALT I (1972 Mai 26)    / (s)Strategie    / (s)Kernwaffe    / (s)Rüstungspolitik    / (z)Geschichte 1969-1972
Sprache:	eng
K10plus-PPN:	180426573X