Arms Control category: 475 books

Nothing conjures up images of the American frontier and a pick-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps view of freedom and independence quite like guns. Gun Crusaders is a fascinating inside look at how the four-million member National Rifle Association and its committed members come to see each and every gun...

Do you value freedom? Do you read freedom writers such as Rothbard, Bastiat, von Mises, Hayek, and of course, Ayn Rand? If so, you know the arguments for freedom, the dangers of a socialistic agenda, the evils of a closed society. Now for the $64,000 question: Do you have skills to back up your arguments?If...

A collection of political views from a liberal point of view. This book covers topics from gun control to civil rights and economic difficulties that many Americans face. This book is the first of ten from the author and is the one that got the whole America Views From the Left franchise off the ground as a podcast and blog would soon follow.

This book provides insight into the paradigmatic approaches evolved by CIA decades ago in Vietnam which remain operational practices today in Afghanistan, El Salvador, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and elsewhere. Valentine’s research into CIA activities began when CIA Director William Colby gave him free access...

For International Relations scholars, discussions of globalization inevitably turn to questions of sovereignty. How much control does a country have over its borders, people and economy? Where does that authority come from? Sovereign Lives explores these changes through reading of humanitarian intervention,...

Debunking Common Pro-Gun Myths is the book that directly challenges the most common and repeated myths about gun control and our gun violence epidemic. We all get tired of hearing these myths whenever there is a shooting and the topic is discussed and now we have a counter argument for the most heard myths and pro-gun propaganda.

India is now enmeshed in the deterrence game-actively with its traditional adversary Pakistan, and potentially with China. At the same time it is finding easier access to fissile materials and strategic technologies. In order to deal with these developments safely and wisely, the nation needs a much...

An attacker's missile-borne countermeasures to ballistic missile defenses are known as penetration aids, or penaids. To support efforts to prevent the proliferation of penaid-related items, this research recommends controls on potential exports according to the structure of the international Missile Technology Control Regime.

Since the collapse of President Suharto's New Order regime in 1998 and the international intervention in East Timor in 1999, there has been much speculation in South-east Asia and the West over whether Indonesia - weakened by economic difficulties, social distresses and political instability - has...

President Eisenhower led us to victory in World War II. He then led our country as President for 8 years. He understood war and he understood how Washington worked. The major message he gave us as he left the presidency was: Beware of the Military Industrial Complex. His warning...

La autoridad de K. W. Deutsch —figura de prestigio internacional— para escribir este libro, es ampliamente reconocida. Acerca de esta obra suya ha escrito: se trata de "una introducción al estudio de las relaciones internacionales en nuestra época", esto es, de una introducción al...

International efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)—including nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons—rest upon foundations provided by global treaties such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Over time, however,...

#Gunsense Nation is a detailed account of America's gun violence problem, the political agenda that enables it, and the change makers who fight for solutions. The author touches on some key topics about this very important issue. There are many different pro and con gun control books but this one looks at the facts as told by the various experts and breaks it all done in simple terms.

Today, few would think of the peaceful island nation of Taiwan as a potential nuclear weapons proliferator.  But just a few decades ago, following the Chinese civil war and loss of the ruling party, Kuomintang (KMT), to the Communists, the KMT government evacuated to the island, where a government-in-refuge,...