TY - BOOK AU - GAVIN Francis J TI - Same as it ever was: nuclear alarmism, proliferation, and the Cold War PY - 2009/// KW - UNITED STATES KW - ARMS CONTROL KW - NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROLIFERATION N2 - The Cold War period was not less dangerous, less unstable, or less complex than the current times, nor was bi-polar rivalry between the USA and the USSR the only factor affecting nuclear weapons proliferation. Current U.S. policy on nuclear arms control should be informed by these historical realities rather than by alarmist misperceptions of the past ER -