Non-Fiction Books on Defense and Arms Control
by Kathleen C. Bailey
Most if not all of these books are out-of-print, but are available in many libraries.
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The UN Inspections in Iraq: Lessons for Onsite Verification
ISBN 978-0367296872 151 pp., Routledge (First Published by Westview Press, 1995) Available through Taylor & Francis here. |
This book describes the problems encountered by UN inspection teams assigned to find and destroy Iraq’s nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile capabilities following Desert Storm. The focus is on the initial inspections―the period in which Iraq was struggling to camouflage and conceal its weapons and production equipment as inspectors were trying to define their role in the process.
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Weapons of Mass Destruction: Costs Versus Benefits
ISBN 978-8173040993 148 pp., Manohar Publishers, 1994 Available from various online sources including here. |
This volumes explores the cost versus benefit of possessing weapons of mass destruction from the perspectives of those that have them, those that have foregone the option, and those that pursued and then abandoned such weapons. Issues covered are capital, environmental, social, political, economic, and security costs.
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Proliferation and Export Controls
ISBN 0819187194 115 pp., University Press of America, 1993 Edited by Kathleen C. Bailey (contributing) and Robert Rudney Available through links online as well as at GoodReads here. |
This compendium includes essays from US and European policy specialists on the threats of weapons of mass destruction proliferation and the prospects for export controls and technology denial as means of arms control.
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Strengthening Nuclear Nonproliferation
ISBN 0813320062 127 pp., Westview Press, 1993 Available through various sources online and as a pdf at Taylor & Francis here. |
An analysis of the challenges associated with key nuclear arms control proposals—ending nuclear testing, enhancing inspections & verification, technology controls, and security assurances.
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Doomsday Weapons in the Hands of Many
ISBN 978-0252018268 158 pp., University of Illinois Press, 1991 Available from various sources online, including here. |
"Bailey, a former official, writes with broad strokes across the clutch of proliferation issues, from how nuclear weapons are made to what the United States might do to restrict the spread of ballistic missiles. Hers is an accessible and affordable introduction to the subject for the newly interested, or worried." —Gregory F. Treverton, Foreign Affairs, Winter 1991/92