The Role and Control of Weapons in the 1990s

Frank Barnaby

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Topic: Business
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000371291
• Subtopic: Business Strategy
• Index: Business

This book, first published in 1992, examines defence issues as the twentieth century drew to a close. With the end of the Cold War, many of the threats to European security, such as the threat of nuclear war, disappeared. New ones, however, were emerging. The rise of nationalism, the spread of weapons of mass destruction to politically unstable countries, the increase in world population, the debt crisis – all these contributed to security problems that needed to be resolved. The book assesses the possibilities for future European defence and the role that the United States would play in it: will it be prepared to stay in Europe under European leadership, or must it dominate? It also considers the capabilities offered by new military technology and the need for control of weapons of mass destruction.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Tables
• Introduction
• 1 THE EVOLUTION OF SECURITY
• 2 NEW MILITARY TECHNOLOGIES
• 3 ARMS PRODUCTION AND TRADE
• 4 THE PROLIFERATION OF BALLISTIC MISSILES
• 5 THE NUCLEAR DIMENSION
• 6 THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
• 7 NUCLEAR TERRORISM
• 8 CHEMICAL WEAPONS AND WARFARE
• 9 THE SPREAD OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS
• 10 BIOLOGICAL WARFARE
• 11 THE SPREAD OF BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
• 12 MILITARY GENETIC ENGINEERING
• 13 CAN THE GLOBAL ARMS TRADE BE CONTROLLED?
• 14 THE FUTURE OF THE NUCLEAR ARSENALS
• 15 THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION REGIME
• 16 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ZONES FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
• 17 CONTROLLING THE EXPORT OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES AND MATERIALS
• 18 THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST-BAN TREATY
• 19 CONTROLLING BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL WEAPONS
• 20 VERIFICATION TECHNOLOGIES
• 21 CONTROLLING THE ENVIRONMENT IMPACTS OF WAR
• 22 THE PEACE DIVIDEND
• References
• Index