Arms Control--Past, Present, and Its Potential Usefulness in the Future.

This essay focuses on the major arms control efforts between the United States and the Soviet Union. They include SALT I, SALT II, START, and INF. This essay initially discusses the manner in which arms control policy is formulated by the US Government and how the military, the JCS, are involved in the process. It then describes SALT I ABM Treaty and Interim Agreement and SALT II in detail and provides a critique of both these efforts. The current negotiations, START and INF are outlined and the proposals of both negotiations are analyzed and critiqued. Finally, the essay attempts to place arms control in perspective. What role should arms control have in developing a nuclear strategy of the future Is arms control the answer to achieving a lasting world peace Author