Libros de STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

ANDY THOMAS / STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Originally published in 1985, this book is the result of an exploration of the state papers of the United Kingdom undertaken with the aim of discovering information about the past use of chemical warfare. This information may serve as a point of historical reference in speculation upon the possible nature and consequences of large-scale chemical warfare recurring in Europe. Par...

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STRATEGIC DISARMAMENT, VERIFICATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Originally published in 1977, the purpose of this book was to analyse the relationship between the security of two states mutually undergoing strategic disarmament at the time and the need for safeguarding their security by means of a verification system. The book thus studies some of the basic problems in the disarmament debate, issues that had been the subject of great politi...

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TACTICAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

In the 1970s tactical nuclear warfare was a topical issue. The introduction of the new generation of tactical nuclear weapons into Europe could have had disastrous consequences. These new weapons had already been developed by nuclear-weapon laboratories and pressures were growing for their deployment. On first sight, smaller and more accurate nuclear weapons may seem more human...

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NON-PROLIFERATION

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Is the appearance of new nuclear weapon states inevitable? Who are the sponsors and apologists of nuclear weapons, and why are others in favour of renouncing them? What are the implications for international security of the increasingly wide use of nuclear energy? How can nuclear threats be defused? Originally published in 1985, SIPRI's study suggests some answers to these ques...

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NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NUCLEAR WEAPON PROLIFERATION

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

In mid-1980 a second conference for the review of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) would take place in Geneva. Given the importance of preventing, or at least slowing down, nuclear weapon proliferation, this conference would be a crucial event in the field of arms control and disarmament. For many countries the technical and economic barriers to proliferation had disappeared,...

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AGREEMENTS FOR ARMS CONTROL

JOZEF GOLDBLAT / STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Originally published in 1982, this is the most comprehensive handbook on arms control ever published. It contains an analysis of the bilateral and multilateral agreements reached since World War II. An assessment is made of the extent to which each agreement has affected the arms race, reduced the likelihood of war or otherwise contributed to the overall goal of disarmament. On...

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INTERNATIONALIZATION TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

First published in 1980, the original blurb read: In August – September 1980 the second Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) will take place in Geneva. As this Treaty is the most important barrier to the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the results of the Conference will obviously have major effects in the field of arms control and disarmament. The implicati...

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VERIFICATION

ALLAN S. KRASS / STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Originally published in 1985, the level of anxiety and suspicion between the USA and the USSR had rarely been higher. Many advocates of arms control believed that effective verification would reduce tensions and lessen the risk of war. This book analyses the two main issues of verification. One is technological: what are the present capabilities of various verification techniqu...

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ARMS IN THE '80S

JOHN TURNER / STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

In the 1980s the world spent an enormous amount on preparations for war. Year by year, more and more resources went into the military sector. More and more complex weapon systems were devised. At the time, of all research scientists and engineers in the world, more than one in four was working for the military. Throughout the 40 years since the end of World War II, the technolo...

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NUCLEAR DISENGAGEMENT IN EUROPE

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

In the early 1980s there had been an upsurge of public concern over the nuclear threat to Europe. Already saturated with nuclear weapons, Europe faced controversial new deployments and there was alarm over military strategies for nuclear war in the region. It is in this context that the idea of nuclear weapon-free zones had captured the popular imagination and became a politica...

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COUNTDOWN TO SPACE WAR

BHUPENDRA JASANI / CHRISTOPHER LEE / STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Only two years after Sputnik, weapons were created for attacking spacecraft. These were based on land. But now there is talk of weapons in space-instant-kill beams like lasers. President Reagan has offered a vision of new inventions that could stop nuclear missile attacks. But will they work? Can lasers make nuclear weapons obsolete? Or would they merely be used to wage Stars W...

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NO-FIRST-USE

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The debate on no-first-use of nuclear weapons has been conducted on a number of fronts. First use of nuclear weapons has come under challenge from many different directions: from church synods, from international lawyers, in debates at the United Nations, and from strategic thinkers. Originally published in 1984, this book takes stock for and against no-first-use and examines t...

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POSTURES FOR NON-PROLIFERATION

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

To constrain nuclear proliferation, one must, in addition to designing a proliferation-resistant nuclear fuel cycle, identify a set of long-term arms limitation and security policies for the major states. These policies should be capable of satisfying various security and political objectives of non-nuclear weapon states, thereby minimizing their incentives to acquire independe...

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THE ARMS RACE AND ARMS CONTROL 1984

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE

For the third year running, this book, originally published in 1984, provided those actively concerned with the dangers of war at the time, with well-researched and up-to-date information on military developments of every kind. Based on material published in the SIPRI Yearbook 1984, this book contains the essential data on nuclear issues, on military expenditure and the arms tr...

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POLICIES FOR COMMON SECURITY

STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SIPRI)

The basic idea of common security is not complex. It is that no country can obtain security, in the long run, simply by taking unilateral decisions about its own military forces. This is because security depends also on the actions and reactions of potential adversaries. Security has to be found in common with those adversaries. These ideas were considered in a SIPRI conference...

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