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Arms control and disarmament are important concepts in the study of security. Since 1945 they have come to be seen not as alternatives to a security regime based upon the possession of adequate military forces, but as formal adjuncts to security policies based upon deterrence and a balance of military power. The terms ‘disarmament’ and ‘arms control’ describe both objective and strategy and there are marked similarities between them. However, there are also important differences, which require highlighting.
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Hedley Bull, The Control of the Arms Race (London, 1961), p. 61.
Thomas C. Schelling and Morton H. Halperin, Strategy and Arms Control (New York, 1961), p. 2.
Charles C. Flowerree, Elisa Harris and James Leonard, ‘Chemical Arms Control after the Paris Conference’, Arms Control Today, Vol. 19, no 1, (January/February 1989), p. 4.
Thomas C. Schelling, ‘What Went Wrong with Arms Control?’, Foreign Affairs, (Winter, 1985–86), p. 226.
Michael Sheehan, Arms Control: Theory and Practice (Oxford, 1988), p. 123.
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Sheehan, M. (1992). Arms Control and International Security. In: Carey, R., Salmon, T.C. (eds) International Security in the Modern World. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10772-8_3
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