209 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4" H), hard cover in dust jacket. "...begins by examining threats to global stability in the post Cold War era. It looks at the transformation of the nuclear arms race in the 1980s. Do the current arms control processes rea lly curb the development and deployment of the new weapons or will the armaments momentum built up in the last four decades result in more pressure for proliferation throughout the world? Recent events have focussed on the spread of nuclear, c h e m i c al and biological weapons, ballistic missiles and area-impact munitions. As the East-West rivalries appear to diminish, will the industrialised countries of the North slip into a new pattern of confrontation, with the development of mili ta ry f or ce projection capabilities designed to 'keep the violent peace' in the Middle East and other parts of the Third World? Above all, in a world of finite resources and increased environmental limitations on economic growth, will conflict bet wee n t he hav es and the have-nots usher in a new world disorder just as the ending of the Cold War appeared to be offering a chance of international peace? The agenda set by the authors for coping with the challenges now facing the world comm unit y in clud es not only traditional security issues such as arms control but also the wider issues of poverty, the destruction of the environment and the North-South axis of conflict. The intense East-West confrontation over the past 40 years ha s dom inate d sta teg ic t hinking and exluded large sections of the world's population from consideration. It is now time to develop new thinking on international security to deal effectively with a changing but not necessarily a less dangerous wo rld." !!!! Dust jack et ha s minor wear at top/bottom of flap-folds and light rubbing. Fine/VG

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