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In Unraveling the Gray Area Problem, Luke Griffith examines the US role in why the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty took almost a decade to negotiate and then failed in just thirty years. The INF Treaty enhanced Western security by prohibiting US and Russian ground-based missiles with maximum ranges of 500 to 5,500 kilometers. Significantly, it eliminated hundreds of Soviet SS-20 missiles, which could annihilate targets throughout Eurasia in minutes. Through close scrutiny of US theater nuclear policy from 1977 to 1987, Griffith describes the Carter administration's masterminding of the dual-track decision of December 1979, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) initiative that led to the INF Treaty. The Reagan administration, in turn, overcame bureaucratic infighting, Soviet intransigence, and political obstacles at home and abroad to achieve a satisfactory outcome in the INF negotiations. Disagreements between the US and Russia undermined the INF Treaty and led to its dissolution in 2019. Meanwhile, the US is developing a new generation of ground-based, INF-type missiles that will have an operational value on the battlefield. Griffith urges policymakers to consider the utility of INF-type missiles in new arms control negotiations. Understanding the scope and consistency of US arms control policy across the Carter and Reagan administrations offers important lessons for policymakers in the twenty-first century.

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USA

Nuclear weapon

History of the Americas

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Publié par	Cornell University Press
Date de parution	15 décembre 2023
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781501773075
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	22 Mo

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UNRAVELING THE GRAY AREA PROBLEM

T HE UNI T E D STAT ES ANDT HE I NF T RE ATY

L u k e G r i f f i t h

CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS Ithaca and London

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First published 2023 by Cornell University Press

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Griffith, Luke, 1987– author. Title: Unraveling the gray area problem : the United States and the INF Treaty / Luke Griffith. Description: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2023024024 (print) | LCCN 2023024025 (ebook) | ISBN 9781501773068 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781501773075 (pdf ) | ISBN 9781501773082 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (1987 December 8) | Intermediate-range ballistic missiles—Government policy—United States—History. | Nuclear arms control—United States—History. | Nuclear arms control—Soviet Union—History. | United States—Foreign relations—Soviet Union. | Soviet Union—Foreign relations—United States. | United States—Foreign relations—1977–1981. | United States—Foreign relations—1981–1989. Classification: LCC KZ5662.25 .G75 2023 (print) | LCC KZ5662.25 (ebook) | DDC 327.1/7470973—dc23/eng/20230614 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023024024 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc. gov/2023024025

Cover photo: President Ronald Reagan speaking on Strategic Arms Reduction Talks. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.

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Arming to disarm was considered the height of folly . . . but that is what we decided to do. Deputy National Security AdviserDavid Aaron, March 11, 2020 For the first time in history, the language of “arms control” was replaced by “arms reduction.” President Ronald Reagan, December 8, 1987

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List of Illustrations xi Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xv Reference Guide for TNF/INF Negotiations xvii

Introduction: Abolitionist Dreams 1 1. A Crisis of Confidence: Bungling the Neutron Bomb 10 2. Neither “Mad Dogs” nor “Reluctant Dragons”: The Guadeloupe Summit 35 3. Carter in Command: Devising the Dual-Track Decision 53 4. Between “Green Cheese” and “the Moon”: The Reagan Administration and the Zero Option 73 5. Engaging the “Defective Vending Machine”: The Reagan Administration and the INF Negotiations 95 6. For Matrimony or Alimony? Reagan, Gorbachev, and the INF Endgame 116 Conclusion: “Trust but Verify” 137 Epilogue: From George H. W. Bush to Donald Trump 143 Abbreviations Used in the Notes 155 Notes 155 Bibliography 263 Index 283