European arms and armor from VI to XVIII century

In this work, an expert on biological weapons offers a thoughtful examination of the political and technical issues that have affected the implementation of arms control agreements...

Arms Control: History, Theory, and Policy features in-depth, expert analysis and information on the full spectrum of issues relating to this critical topic. The first major referen...

This chapter considers the effects of a robust nuclear posture on nuclear arms races. Critics have argued that attaining nuclear advantages is difficult because the effort will pro...

An essential guide offers a comprehensive collection of edited and annotated arms-control documents, dating from the late-19th century to the present day. Sometimes succe...

This chapter considers arms embargoes. It first examines the idealized case for arms embargoes, which holds that they reduce the aggressors’ access to weapons and frustrate their g...

<i>On Armor</i> tells three important and interconnected stories. The first is a tale of a technology, in particular, the rise and fall of the main battle tank—a type o...

Chapter 7 addresses the relationship between the Free Speech Clause and the Second Amendment’s right to “keep and bear Arms.” Relative to the other non-speech rights examined in th...

The main sections of heraldry, an auxiliary historical discipline dealing with the study of coats of arms, are considered. It tells about the history of the origin and symbolism of...