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Summary:

Presents differing opinions on the threat of nuclear proliferation, the need for arms control, the role of NATO, the elimination of nuclear weapons, and other related topics.

Table of Contents:

• The threat of nuclear proliferation is a serious problem / Stephen Budiansky
• The problem of nuclear proliferation is exaggerated / Thomas W. Graham
• Nuclear proliferation is inevitable / Tom Clancy, Russell Seitz
• Nuclear proliferation is not inevitable / Center for Defense Information
• The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is a success / Lewis A. Dunn
• The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is a failure / Jennifer Scarlott
• The International Atomic Energy Agency deters nuclear proliferation / International Atomic Energy Agency
• The International Atomic Energy Agency is ineffective / Leonard Weiss
• NATO's nuclear arsenal encourages nuclear proliferation / Daniel Plesch
• NATO must maintain a nuclear arsenal to counteract aggression / Thomas-Durell Young
• The United States contributes to nuclear proliferation / Jennifer Scarlott
• China contributes to nuclear proliferation / Shen Tong
• Germany contributes to nuclear proliferation / Gary Milhollin
• Western nations contributed to Iraq's weapons program / David Albright, Mark Hibbs
• Israel introduced nuclear weapons to the Middle East / Leonard S. Spector
• North Korea could acquire nuclear weapons / Andrew Mack
• Former Soviet republics may contribute to nuclear proliferation / William C. Potter
• Arms control will prevent nuclear proliferation / Jack Mendelsohn
• Arms control will not prevent nuclear proliferation / James Fergusson

• Nuclear export controls limit proliferation / Henry D. Sokolski
• Nuclear export controls do not limit proliferation / Paul L. Leventhal
• Eliminating nuclear weapons will prevent proliferation / Gerd Schmückle
• Drastically reducing nuclear weapons will prevent proliferation / Harold Feiveson, Frank von Hippel
• Hiring former Soviet nuclear scientists can reduce proliferation / Richard A. Eisner, Stephen Rosen
• Adopting a comprehensive test ban can limit proliferation / Tina Rosenberg
• Swift military action can prevent proliferation / William R. Van Cleave.

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Contributors:

Cozic, Charles P., 1957-

Swisher, Karin, 1966-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)

Subjects:

Nuclear nonproliferation

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-227) and index.

Physical Description:

234 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.

Call Numbers:

JX1974.73 .N83 1992

ISBNs:

1565100042 (pbk., acid-free paper)
1565100050 (lib, acid-free paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

92023065

OCLC Numbers:

26129776