The Alton Jones Foundation Series on Arms Control
9 primary works • 12 total works
Volume 2
Gerard Piel, one of the nation's foremost writers on science policy, sees the nuclear crisis as the paramount problem of our times. He has been persistent in analyzing its underlying causes and in calling for a greater sense of urgency in ameliorating the perils of conflict. The first original essay addresses the nuclear question. The other essays in this book are reprints of earlier essays written in the 1950s and '60s by Mr. Piel. While he draws on examples of developments in an earlier phase of the arms race, the principles are relevant today, the issues raised a quarter century ago still remain unresolved.
Volume 6
n this volume, Long addresses himself to some of the central issues of arms control. Having worked with a succession of American presidents, he discusses the role of the president as an initiator of arms control policies, the failures of presidents to educate the American public on the subject and the neglect by some presidents to support arms control. Long disucsses American presidents from Eisenhower through Reagan and helps us understand some of the differences in their approaches.
Volume 7
In the lecture which spurred this volume, Sidney Drell equated arms control with the Strategic Defense Initiative and limited his comments exclusively to that subject. Drell stands out among scientists who have contributed to the dialogue on arms control. He has been an advisor to the U.S. government on issues of national security and science policy for many years and served on the President's Science Advisory Committee for Presidents Johnson and Nixon. Two qualities distinguish the speeches and writings collected here. Drell has kept alive the hope of arms control even in its darkest hours, and has clearly explained the scientific side of arms control to public policy students.
Volume 9
The ninth volume of this series on arms control addresses the policies and approaches of successive postwar presidents. It focuses on the individuals in both the United States and foreign nations who have played crucial roles in the shaping of these policies. Finally, it considers the institutions that participate in the arms control debate and provide resources to the negotiators.
Volume 11
This volume collects many works of Richard Garwin, divided into sections on SDI, Recurrent Issues of Arms Control, and Maintaining and Restoring the Balance. Associated with IBM since 1952, Garwin was a member of the President's Science Advisory Committee from 1962-65 and 1969-72, and from 1966-69 was a member of the Defense Science Board. His fields of research have included work on liquid helium, superconductors, fundamental particles of physics, and on novel computer and communication elements and systems. He has made contributions in the design of nuclear weapons, and in instruments and electronics for research in nuclear and low-temperature physics. Garwin's work for the government has included studies on anti-submarine warfare, sensor systems, military and civil aircraft, and satellite and strategic systems.
Volume 12
This volume by Ashton B. Carter of Harvard University is one in a series on a subject that has far-reaching implications to human survival. As a leading figure in the community of scholars, he has already contributed to thought on a broad range of urgent arms control issues. As an adviser to policy-makers and negotiators such as Paul H. Nitze, he has provided counsel on policy choices. His views, found here in a collection of papers and speeches, can help to bridge the thinking of successive administrations confronted with hard choices on national defense and arms control.
Volume 13
The distinguished New York Times columnist James Reston has observed that few if any Americans have served their government with greater distinction over a longer period of time than President Reagan's Secretary of State on arms control matters, Paul H. Nitze. This volume brings together some of his most important essays, articles, speeches, correspondence, and public papers on foreign policy and national security and arms control.
Volume 16
This volume delves into Mr. Churchill's approach to arms control and foreign policy. The initial section, 'The Quest for a Coherent Framework,' explores Churchill's philosophical basis for dealing with other powers. Subsequent chapters deal with issues involving his government agencies' conduct of foreign policy, with problems of policy decision-making in a democratic society, and with Churchill's disarmament legacy to the United Kingdom and the world.
Volume 19
Attitudes towards arms control have undergone a shift from those that prevailed in the interwar period. In the 1920s and 1930s, several nations, particularly the United States, Britain, and Japan, met to negotiate limits to the arms race. Often they approached such negotiations as allies or foes of particular nations and much was written about the alignment and realignment of nations. This work examines the alliances that have affected the result of negotiations in the Cold War and post-Cold War era.
This is a book of contrasts. Its contributors include both arms control negotiators and their critics. Its content spans questions about the need for nuclear weapons and the urgency of arms limitation. The authors are Republicans and Democrats. One group emphasizes successes in the unending task of limiting weaponry, while another points to the continuing use of nuclear weapons in establishing strategic stability and nuclear deterrence. The virtue of a multi-authored volume such as this one is that it helps readers understand, apart from the misconceptions that partisan politics and thirty-second sound bites foster, the realities of the arms control process and negotiations leading to such agreements. The analysis of differing approaches to negotiationsóSoviet and Americanóis one of the unique aspects of this collection of essays. It is surprising that not more has been written on the actual process and differing styles of arms negotiations. The intent of the contributors is to help fill the void in these aspects of the arms limitation literature.
This multi-authored volume by scientists and strategic thinkers presents a broad spectrum of American thought and opinion on arms control. Particularly on the highly controversial issue of the Strategic Defense Initiative, their thinking mirrors the diverse conclusions of the citizenry and the public. The focus of this volume is on unresolved issues and problems, such as SDI, but also antisatellite weapons in space, verification and compliance, and nuclear terrorism. Contributors: Dr. Edward Teller, General James A. Abrahamson, Dr. John Kogut, Townsend Hoopes, Dr. Paul Stares, Richard Scribner and Dr. Paul Leventhal.
Paul H. Nitze on National Security and Arms Control
by Kenneth W. Thompson and Steven L. Rearden
Published 28 September 1990
This volume makes available to the general public some of Paul H. Nitze's most important papers on foreign policy and national security and arms control. Divided into three chapters, 'Strategy and Security,' 'The Military Component of National Security,' and 'The Arms Control Component of National Security,' this volume contains letters, reports, transcripts of speeches, and Nitze's comments on speeches made by other policy makers and officials involved with national security.