Nuclear Arms Control Choices; SAIS Papers in International Affairs Number 5
Boulder, CO: Westview Press/Foreign Policy Institute, School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, 1984. First Printing [Stated]. Trade paperback. ix, [1], 55, [3] pages. Abbreviations. Notes. Tables. Annex. Cover has slight wear and soiling. Harold Brown (born September 19, 1927) is an American scientist who served as U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the cabinet of President Jimmy Carter. He had previously served in the John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson administrations as Director of Defense Research and Engineering and Secretary of the Air Force. In the last stages of the Cold War, as Secretary of Defense, he set the groundwork for the Camp David accords. He took part in the strategic arms negotiations with the Soviet Union and supported, unsuccessfully, ratification of the SALT II treaty. He advocated détente with the Soviet Union, an issue over which he conflicted with National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. More