Publisher's Synopsis
The arms race, and in particular its nuclear aspect, is too often analyzed in a purely East-West context, however with signs of lessening Soviet-American tension it may increasingly be recognized that the arms race is a multidimensional phenomenon. Against this background, the International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts (ISODARCO) invited contributors on arms control to present a variety of perspectives to a meeting held in San Miniato, Italy.;Contributors examined the arms race in international terms, the implications of American strategic defence initiative and regional aspects of the race, ranging from South America to the Far East.;This volume has three sections; eight contributors focus on the general arms race; four consider the implications of the Strategic Defense Initiative; and six deal in detail with regional aspects of the arms race ranging from South America to the Far East.
