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100		1	_aMUTIMER David
245		0	_aThe weapons state: _bproliferation and the framing of security
260			_aBoulder, Colo., USA: _bLynne Rienner Publishers Inc., _c2000
300			_a221p.
520		3	_aIn 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.
650			_aARMS CONTROL
650			_aBIOLOGICAL WEAPONS _xARMS CONTROL
650			_aCHEMICAL WEAPONS _xARMS CONTROL
650			_aINTERNATIONAL SECURITY
650			_aNUCLEAR WEAPONS _xARMS CONTROL
650			_aPROLIFERATION
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