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Good. x, 271, [7] pages. Tables. Figures. Index. Pencil erasure residue on half-title page. Some pencil underlining noted. The author was a professor of Physics and Science Policy at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, for 23 years. He was also a nuclear proliferation and arms control consultant, a U.S. State Dept. analyst, and the author of several impactful books. This book was written during a Sabbatical at SIPRI. Many international observers agree--effective methods of arms verification would significantly reduce tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union and lessen the risk of war. In this book Dr. Krass presents a thorough discussion of the technology and politics of arms control. He provides detailed summaries and illustrations of various systems of verification and the means of checking another country's compliance with arms control accords. He delves into such questions as: How do the U.S. and Soviet approaches compare? And what standards can be developed to ensure that verification is adequate. Although a number of significant arms control measures can already be verified adequately, modern weapons are becoming more mobile and easier to conceal. The author warns that verification cannot detect all violations; a workable standard of adequacy in verification must be based on its ability to detect militarily significant violations.
