Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Our Uncertain Nuclear Future: Navigating a Third Nuclear Age of Multipolar Competition

2. Cold War Theory Redux: Recalling a Hard-Nosed Concept of Adversarial Arms Control

3. From Theories to Treaties: Learning from the Cold War Negotiating Experience

4. A New Arms Race: Transitioning from Post–Cold War Denuclearization to Great-Power Nuclear Rivalry

5. Arms Control for the Third Nuclear Age: Adapting Old Ideas for New Times

Conclusion

List of Interviews

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Promotional Information

A reappraisal of classic arms control theory that advocates for reprioritizing deterrence over disarmament in a new era of nuclear multipolarity

About the Author

David A. Cooper is the James V. Forrestal Professor of National Security Affairs at the US Naval War College. He previously served as director of the Office of Nonproliferation Policy and as director of the Office of Strategic Arms Control Policy at the US Department of Defense. He is the author of Competing Western Strategies Against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Reviews

[A] valuable guide to the theory and practice of arms control.
*Foreign Affairs*

This is one of the most important books on deterrence, strategic issues, nuclear weapons, and arms control to be published in many years. The scholarship reflected in this book is superior.
*H-Diplo*

Arms Control for the Third Nuclear Age performs a valuable service to scholars and policy makers alike by excavating the record of U.S.-Soviet arms control during the Cold War and examining it under the light of current circumstances.
*H-Diplo*

Arms Control for the Third Nuclear Age focuses on the importance of reviving arms control to enhance strategic stability in the context of a dangerous new nuclear age. Cooper makes a strong case for revisiting the Cold War-era arms control negoti- ations and agreements: these episodes provide important insights for ‘navigating an uncontrolled arms race between major nuclear rivals’
*International Affairs*

Cooper masterfully blends international-relations theories with a historical account of efforts to achieve nuclear arms control during the Cold War. This book is political-science research at its best.
*The Nonproliferation Review*