Other side of arms control

How does the Soviet Union view the costs and benefits of nuclear arms control? What factors motivate Soviet negotia tions with the Western world on this crucial issue? And what, precisely, does the Soviet Union hope to accomplish through nuclear arms control? The Other Side of Arms Control provides an in-depth examination of this too infre quently discussed aspect of the arms race and the ongoing negotiations to halt it.

In The Other Side of Arms Control, Alan B. Sherr argues that the time is now right for significant substantive pro gress to be made on nuclear arms control: the Soviet leader ship under Mikhail Gorbachev has demonstrated greater flexibility and willingness to compromise on a number of difficult issues, including verification. But more important, circumstances within and outside the Soviet Union now. make progress on arms control crucial to Soviet political and economic goals as well as foreign policy objectives.

Written in accessible, nontechnical language, The Other Side of Arms Control will be of interest to students, teachers, policymakers, and others concerned with the future of nuclear arms control.