Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction: Arms Control and the Power of Belief -- 1 Initial U.S. Nuclear Arms Control Initiatives: The Truman through Eisenhower Years -- 2 Early Success at Arms Control: The Kennedy Administration and the Limited Test Ban Treaty -- 3 The Era of Bilateral Nuclear Arms Limitations: The Johnson through Carter Years -- 4 Nuclear Arms Reductions in the Final Cold War Decade: The Reagan Years -- 5 Nuclear Arms Reductions after the Cold War: The George H. W. Bush through Obama Years -- 6 The United States and Strategic Nuclear Arms Control: Assessing Intentions, Constraining Capabilities -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.