Treating weapons proliferation : an oncological approach to the spread of nuclear, biological, ... and chemical technology

Treating Weapons Proliferation is a chilling exploration of the dynamics of weapons proliferation and nonproliferation. In an analogy with the disease of cancer, the book walks the reader through the history of the phenomenon with its growing complexities and changing dimensions. "Treating Weapons Proliferation is a chilling exploration of the dynamics of weapons proliferation and nonproliferation. Through an analogy with the disease of cancer, the book walks the reader through the history of the phenomenon, its growing complexities and changing dimensions, its causes and consequences, and the various policy responses currently available to address it. Taking stock of the nature and challenges of such responses, the book shows that there is no all-encompassing cure for weapons proliferation at the present time, only treatments of relative and contextual effectiveness. Simply put, weapons proliferation, like cancer, has no single cure, but it is a condition that can often be treated, sometimes successfully."--Jacket Front Matter....Pages i-ix Front Matter....Pages 1-3 Introduction The Making of the Concept....Pages 5-16 The Quest for the Administration of the General & Complete Cure....Pages 17-43 Front Matter....Pages 45-45 A Mutating Anatomical & Physiopathology....Pages 47-77 An Open-Ended Etiology & Pathogenesis....Pages 79-105 Serious & Threatening Pathological Effects....Pages 107-135 Front Matter....Pages 137-139 Preventing & Detecting the Disease....Pages 141-173 Treating & Palliating the Disease....Pages 175-207 Conclusion From Cure to Treatments....Pages 209-214 Back Matter....Pages 215-261 In an analogy with the disease of cancer, this book walks the reader through the history of weapons proliferation, its growing complexities and changing dimensions, its causes and consequences, and the various policy responses in place to address it