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Listening for the bomb: a study in nuclear arms control verification policy

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Abstract

Graham Allison's book Essence of Decision changed the way in which academic analysts think about how governments make major foreign and defense policy decisions.1 Before Allison's book appeared in 1971, even the leading writers on foreign policy tended to describe and explain governmental decisions almost exclusively as if governments were rational human beings making carefully considered choices among available options. This book applies the Allisonian framework to the response of the United States government to a private arms control initiative undertaken in 1986 by the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental organization.

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Listening for the Bomb: A Study in Nuclear Arms Control Verification Policy

Schrag, Philip G

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Citations to Sources -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 THE MYSTERY PROPOUNDED -- Thirty Years of Negotiations -- NRDC's Initiative -- Notes -- 2 MODEL I: THE RATIONAL, NATIONAL GOVERNMENT -- Notes -- 3 MODEL II: LAWS AND PROCEDURES -- The Export License -- The Visas -- The Seismic Station Permits -- Notes -- 4 MODEL III: THE HUMAN ELEMENT -- Notes -- 5 THE MYSTERY "EXPLAINED -- Notes -- THE NRDC PROJECT: A POSTSCRIPT -- Index -- About the Author.