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The Control Agenda - A History of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Hardcover)
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The Control Agenda - A History of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (Hardcover)
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The Control Agenda is a sweeping account of the history of the
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT), their rise in the Nixon and
Ford administrations, their downfall under President Carter, and
their powerful legacies in the Reagan years and beyond. Matthew
Ambrose pays close attention to the interplay of diplomacy,
domestic politics, and technology, and finds that the SALT process
was a key point of reference for arguments regarding all forms of
Cold War decision making. Ambrose argues elite U.S. decision makers
used SALT to better manage their restive domestic populations and
to exert greater control over the shape, structure, and direction
of their nuclear arsenals. Ambrose also asserts that prolonged
engagement with arms control issues introduced dynamic effects into
nuclear policy. Arms control considerations came to influence most
areas of defense decision making, while the measure of stability
SALT provided allowed the examination of new and potentially
dangerous nuclear doctrines. The Control Agenda makes clear that
verification and compliance concerns by the United States prompted
continuous reassessments of Soviet capabilities and intentions;
assessments that later undergirded key U.S. policy changes toward
the Soviet Union. Through SALT's many twists and turns, accusations
and countercharges, secret backchannels and propaganda campaigns
the specter of nuclear conflict loomed large.
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