This issue of Dædalus devoted to the problems of arms limitation attempts to provide some of the basic information and understanding needed for an intelligent public discussion of the disarmament problem. To a distressing degree American citizens, who normally insist on free and open discussion of important issues facing their country, have turned away from the problems of arms control as being of such complexity and requiring access to so much secret military and political information as (supposedly) to be beyond the comprehension of the ordinary citizen. But, without a widespread understanding of the options available to the nation and without some ability on the part of the general public to judge the relative security of various alternatives, it will not be possible for the United States to find acceptable arms-limitation agreements or to accept the constraints such agreements will impose on the military activities of the country.
–Jerome B. Wiesner, “Foreword”
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Editor’s Prefatory Note
by Gerald Holton
Foreword to the Issue “Arms Control”
by Jerome B. Wiesner
BACKGROUND
Setting and Goals of Arms Control
by Donald G. Brennan
Basic Requirements for Arms Control
by Robert R. Bowie
Characteristics of Recent Arms-Control Proposals and Agreements
by William R. Frye
MAJOR ISSUES AND PROBLEMS
The Arms Race and Some of Its Hazards
by Herman Kahn
The Feasibility of Arms Control and the Principle of Openness
by Edward Teller
Limited War: Conventional or Nuclear?–A Reappraisal
by Henry A. Kissinger
The Role of the Smaller Powers
by Paul M. Doty
The Inclusion of Communist China in an Arms-Control Program
by A. Doak Barnetr
The Domestic Implications of Arms Control
by Kenneth E. Boulding
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARMS CONTROL
Inspection Techniques of Arms Control
by Bernard T. Feld
Adjudication and Enforcement in Arms Control
by Louis B. Sohn
Reciprocal Measures for Arms Stabilization
by Thomas C. Schelling
Comprehensive Arms-Limitation Systems
by Jerome B. Wiesner
THE FORMATION OF UNITED STATES ARMS-CONTROL POLICY
Recent Policy Making in the United States Government
by Saville Davis
Government Organization for Arms Control
by Hubert H. Humphrey
RELATED TECHNIQUES AND ISSUES
Public Opinion and the Control of Armaments
by Ithiel De Sola Pool
Political and Diplomatic Prerequisites of Arms Control
by William T. R. Fox
The Case for Unilateral Disarmament
by Erich Fromm
Tasks for a World without War
by Harrison Brown
Arms Control through World Law
by Arthur Larson
Selected Critical Bibliography
by Christopher Wright
Notes on Contributors
Index to Volume
