TY  - BOOK
AU  - MUTIMER David
TI  - The weapons state: proliferation and the framing of security
SN  - 1555877877 (hbk.):
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Boulder, Colo., USA
PB  - Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc.
KW  - ARMS CONTROL
KW  - BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
KW  - CHEMICAL WEAPONS
KW  - INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
KW  - NUCLEAR WEAPONS
KW  - PROLIFERATION
N2  - In January 1992 the UN Security Council pledged to take appropriate action to combat the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, their means of delivery, and of advanced conventional weapons. This proliferation was identified as a threat to international peace and security and, until the Gulf War, it was believed that a robust regime for arms control had been contructed. The author analyses the history of control practices both pre- and post-Gulf War and seeks to demonstrate that both the language used to talk about weapons proliferation and the practices adopted to respond to it define the problem in ways that promote policy responses that are doomed to failure
ER  -