Verfasst von:	Griffith, Luke [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Unraveling the gray area problem
Titelzusatz:	the United States and the INF Treaty
Verf.angabe:	Luke Griffith
Verlagsort:	Ithaca [New York] ; London
Verlag:	Cornell University Press
Jahr:	2023
Umfang:	xviii, 294 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen
Fussnoten:	Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 263-282, Register
Ang. zum Inhalt:	Introduction : abolitionist dreams
	A crisis of confidence : bungling the neutron bomb
	Neither "mad dogs" nor "reluctant dragons" : the Guadeloupe Summit
	Carter in command : devising the dual-track decision
	Between "green cheese" and "the moon" : the Reagan administration and the zero option
	Lost in the woods : engaging the "defective vending machine," 1981-1983
	For matrimony or alimony? : slicing the Gordian Knot
	Conclusion : "trust but verify"
	Epilogue : from George H.W. Bush to Donald Trump
ISBN:	978-1-5017-7306-8
Abstract:	In "Unraveling the Gray Area Problem", Luke Griffith examines the US role in why the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty took almost a decade to negotiate and then failed in just thirty years. The INF Treaty enhanced Western security by prohibiting US and Russian ground-based missiles with maximum ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers. Significantly, it eliminated hundreds of Soviet SS-20 missiles, which could annihilate targets throughout Eurasia in minutes. Through close scrutiny of US theater nuclear policy from 1977 to 1987, Griffith describes the Carter administration's masterminding of the dual-track decision of December 1979, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) initiative that led to the INF Treaty. The Reagan administration, in turn, overcame bureaucratic infighting, Soviet intransigence, and political obstacles at home and abroad to achieve a satisfactory outcome in the INF negotiations. Disagreements between the US and Russia undermined the INF Treaty and led to its dissolution in 2019. Meanwhile, the US is developing a new generation of ground-based, INF-type missiles that will have an operational value on the battlefield. Griffith urges policymakers to consider the utility of INF-type missiles in new arms control negotiations. Understanding the scope and consistency of US arms control policy across the Carter and Reagan administrations offers important lessons for policymakers in the twenty-first century.
	"This book analyzes US nuclear policy from 1977 to 1987, during which the Carter and Reagan administrations devised and implemented NATO's dual-track decision of 1979. It prescribed US missile deployments in Europe and arms talks with Moscow, which produced the INF Treaty in 1987. This book also examines the agreement's demise."--
URL:	Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://www.gbv.de/dms/spk/sbb/toc/1851744045.pdf
Schlagwörter:	(g)USA    / (s)Kernwaffe    / (s)Sicherheitspolitik    / (s)Taktische Kernwaffe    / (s)Mittelstreckenrakete    / (s)Militärische Kooperation    / (s)Völkerrechtlicher Vertrag
	(s)Völkerrechtlicher Vertrag    / (s)Sicherheitspolitik    / (s)Kernwaffe    / (s)Kontrolle    / (s)Mittelstreckenrakete    / (s)Taktische Kernwaffe    / (s)Militärische Kooperation    / (g)USA
Sprache:	eng
Bibliogr. Hinweis:	Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Griffith, Luke, 1987-: Unraveling the gray area problem. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023
K10plus-PPN:	1851744045