The Disarmament Consensus

Philip E. Jacob

International Organization, 1960, vol. 14, issue 2, 233-260

Abstract: The resumption of serious negotiations looking toward comprehensive disarmament indicates the acute discomfort felt at the top levels of government over continuing to gamble for security through the build-up of modern weapons systems. Responsible leaders of the major powers evidently share the concern voiced by President Eisenhower over “the enormous risks entailed if reasonable steps are not taken to curb the international competition in armaments and to move effectively in the direction of disarmament.” As things now stand, the risks of controlled disarmament may actually be far less than the risks of policies of deterrence which depend on a continuing expansion and ever broader dispersal of cosmic lethal power.

Date: 1960
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