TY - BOOK ID - 78071370 TI - The role and control of weapons in the 1990's PY - 1992 SN - 0203284216 1280326085 9786610326082 0203168313 9780203168318 9780415076739 0415076730 9780203284216 0415076730 9781134901876 9781134901913 9781134901920 PB - London New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Military readiness. KW - Arms control. KW - Security, International KW - Arms race KW - Disarmament KW - Military readiness KW - Armaments KW - Defense readiness KW - Defenses, National KW - Military preparedness KW - National defenses KW - Preparedness (Military science) KW - Readiness (Military science) KW - Military policy KW - Arms control KW - Manpower KW - Europe KW - Defenses. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78071370 AB - With the end of the Cold War, many of the old threats to European security have disappeared. New ones, however, are now emerging, particularly in the light of the rise of nationalism and the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons to politically unstable countries. The Role and Control of Weapons in the 1990's examines these security issues - the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the Third World, the threat from international terrorists, the environmental damage caused by modern warfare - to argue that control over weapons of mass destruction must be dramatically increase ER -