THE POLITICS OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AS A THREAT TO GLOBAL SECURITY
Journal Title: LAJOHIS (LASU Journal of History & International Studies) - Year 2002, Vol 1, Issue 1
Abstract
Nuclear arms have great killing c apacity but are hard to get; chemical weapons are easy to get but lack such killing capacity; biological agents have both qualities. During the Cold War, weapons of mass destruction were the centerpieces of foreign policy. Nuclear arms hovered in the background of every major issue in East West competition and alliance relations. The highest priorities of Superpower and alliance policies could almost all be linked in some way to the danger of World War II and the fear of millions of casualties as a result ofnuclear exchange.
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Charles Dokubo
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