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Arms control

Bailey, Kathleen C. Doomsday Weapons in the Hands of Many: The Arms Control Challenge of the '90s. University of Illinois Press, 1991. Addresses arms control issues surrounding nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons.

Burns, Richard Dean, ed. Encyclopedia of Arms Control and Disarmament. Scribner, 1993. Comprehensive reference work on the role of arms control and disarmament in world history.

Cheney, Glenn Alan. Nuclear Proliferation: The Problems and Possibilities. Franklin Watts, 1999. A history of the arms race and the efforts to control it; for high school readers.

Lederberg, Joshua. Biological Weapons: Limiting the Threat. MIT Press, 1999. Examines the medical, scientific, and political dimensions of limiting the threat posed by biological weapons.

Turner, Stansfield. Caging the Genies: A Workable Solution for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Weapons. Westview, 1999. A former CIA director argues that the U.S. government should take the lead in a global disarmament strategy.

Cold war

Frankel, Benjamin, ed. The Cold War, 1945-1991. Gale Research, 1992. Reference work on events and participants.

Gaddis, John Lewis. We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History. Oxford University Press, 1998. A leading Cold War historian summarizes events from the end of World War II to the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Hixson, Walter L. Parting the Curtain: Propaganda, Culture and the Cold War, 1945-1961. St. Martin's, 1997. On the effectiveness of U.S. propaganda in molding public opinion against Communism.

Judge, Edward H., and John W. Langdon, eds. The Cold War: A History Through Documents. Prentice Hall, 1998. Collection of 130 key documents spanning the history of the conflict.

Matlock, Jack F., Jr. Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended. Random House, 2004. A former ambassador to the Soviet Union discusses the role each leader played in bringing the Cold War to an end.

Toropov, Brandon. Encyclopedia of Cold War Politics. Facts on File, 2000. Focuses on the American experience.

Walker, Martin. The Cold War: A History. Holt, 1994. History of the Cold Way by a veteran British journalist; makes use of documents from Kremlin archives.

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International relations

Carter, Jimmy. Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation. Dutton, 1996. Former president's strategies for achieving peace and ensuring human rights.

Evans, Graham, and Jeffrey Newnham. Penguin Dictionary of International Relations. Penguin, 1999. Handy reference for concepts, terms, events, and organizations.

Goldstein, Joshua S. International Relations. Addison-Wesley, 2001. Introductory text on international relations by the author of Encarta Encyclopedia's article on Foreign Policy.

Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. Simon & Schuster, 1997. Harvard historian theorizes that cultural divisions will be the major source of conflict among nations in coming years.

Keylor, William R. The Twentieth-Century World: An International History. 4th ed. Oxford University Press, 2001. Thorough study of international politics.

Kissinger, Henry A. Diplomacy. Simon & Schuster, 1995. The role of diplomacy and a balance of power in shaping the world we live in.

Morgenthau, Hans. Politics Among Nations: The Struggle for Power and Peace. McGraw-Hill, 1985. Landmark treatise on the nature of international politics; first published in 1948.

Rich, Norman. Great Power Diplomacy: 1814-1914. McGraw-Hill, 1992. Explores how statesmen conducted foreign policy.

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Carpenter, Ted Galen, ed. NATO Enters the 21st Century. Cass, 2000. Eight essayists debate the future of European security.

Kugler, Richard L. Enlarging NATO: The Russia Factor. Rand, 1996. A political-military analysis of NATO expansion into Eastern Europe.

March, Peter R. Freedom of the Skies: An Illustrated History of Fifty Years of NATO Air Power. Continuum, 1999. A compelling photographic journey, from Berlin's airlift to Kosovo.

Park, William. Defending the West: A History of NATO. Westview, 1986. Overview of history and strategic doctrines of NATO.

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