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| Disarmament Sketches: Three Decades of Arms Control and International Law
ISBN: 9780295801575
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Washington Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: Arms control -- United States -- History; Arms control -- History;
A lawyer who spent 15 years as general counsel for the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Thomas Graham Jr. recalls the government's fiery battles over in his memoir Disarmament Sketches: Three Decades of Arms Control and International Law. The SALT, the START, the ABM Graham had a role in them all, and his detailed descriptions of the skirmishes among presidents, cabinet secretaries and members of Congress through six White House administrations make for a comprehensive history of American arms control. Though its tone is probably too wonky for general readers, the book will be appreciated by historians and those interested in international law, and its observations will eventually trickle down. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. is president of the Lawyers Alliance for World Security, based in Washington, D.C. He served as general counsel of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency for fifteen years. As President Clinton's special representative for arms control, non-proliferation and disarmament, he led the successful U.S. government effort to indefinitely extend the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. In 1996, he led a worldwide effort to successfully support the conclusion of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty negotiations. He has taught at Stanford University, University of Virginia, Georgetown University, and University of Washington. |
