Reference librarians and patrons of public and collegiate libraries will appreciate this reliable compilation. American Reference Books Annual
Foreword by Scilla Elworthy McLean Preface The United States The Soviet Union The United Kingdom France The People's Republic of China North Atlantic Treaty Organization Warsaw Treaty Organization Bibliography Index
PATRICK BURKE is Researcher/Oxford Research Group, previously Business Manager and a sub-editor of the Journal of European Nuclear Disarmament.
?. . . Reference librarians and patrons of public and collegiate
libraries will appreciate this reliable compilation.?-American
Reference Books Annual
?The Oxford Research Group (ORG), an amalgamation of academics and
professional advocates for whom Burke has edited this volume, has a
novel way of looking at nuclear proliferation by studying the way
in which governments of the world have made decisions that are
vital to everyone. Operating in secret, the defense ministers of
both NATO and Warsaw Pact countries commit their separate
governments to long-range, cooperative efforts in development of
weapon systems. It is this process that is of great concern. This
work expands upon two earlier books published under ORG auspices,
How Nuclear Weapons Decisions Are Made ed. by S. McLean and Hugh
Miall's Nuclear Weapons: Who's in Charge? (Basingstoke, UK, 1987);
both the bureaucracies and the individuals who constitute them are
described. Some fascinating case studies are offered as examples of
decision making. For example, the US entry concludes with a
detailed examination of decision making on the B1 bomber. . . . The
interesting approach, however, makes this work a vital complement
to standard sources such as the annual The Military Balance
published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies
(1962-). Recommended to both public and academic
libraries.?-Choice
." . . Reference librarians and patrons of public and collegiate
libraries will appreciate this reliable compilation."-American
Reference Books Annual
"The Oxford Research Group (ORG), an amalgamation of academics and
professional advocates for whom Burke has edited this volume, has a
novel way of looking at nuclear proliferation by studying the way
in which governments of the world have made decisions that are
vital to everyone. Operating in secret, the defense ministers of
both NATO and Warsaw Pact countries commit their separate
governments to long-range, cooperative efforts in development of
weapon systems. It is this process that is of great concern. This
work expands upon two earlier books published under ORG auspices,
How Nuclear Weapons Decisions Are Made ed. by S. McLean and Hugh
Miall's Nuclear Weapons: Who's in Charge? (Basingstoke, UK, 1987);
both the bureaucracies and the individuals who constitute them are
described. Some fascinating case studies are offered as examples of
decision making. For example, the US entry concludes with a
detailed examination of decision making on the B1 bomber. . . . The
interesting approach, however, makes this work a vital complement
to standard sources such as the annual The Military Balance
published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies
(1962-). Recommended to both public and academic libraries."-Choice
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