Book Reviews : SALT: The Moscow Agreements and Beyond. By MASON WILLRICH and JOHN B. RHINELANDER. (New York: Free Press, 1974. Pp. 361. $7.95.)

• Published date: 01 December 1974
• Author: Jeffrey Simon
• DOI: 10.1177/106591297402700438
• Date: 01 December 1974
• Subject Matter: Articles

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Jamaica achieved independence in 1962, the analysis focuses overwhelmingly on
the colonial period. If the author concludes that post-independence events merely
perpetuated a pattern firmly set by 1962, this should be stated more explicitly. If
not, the evaluation needs updating. In any case, ending the analysis as of 1967
without even an epilogue results in a book less useful to one interested in a subject
now emerging as attested to in recent headlines of a Jamaican bauxite boycott.
In sum, Trade Union Foreign Policy presents a good test of structural-
functional theory in terms of a specific and detailed set of facts. In this case the
theory is found wanting.
DAVID HOWARD DAVIS
Rutgers University
SALT: The Moscow Agreements and Beyond. By MASON WILLRICH and JOHN B.
RHINELANDER. (New York: Free Press, 1974. Pp. 361. $7.95.)
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) are designed to limit the num-
ber of offensive and defensive weapon systems of both the United States and the
Soviet Union. The primary objective of SALT is to bring about a situation of
mutual nuclear deterrence and thus reduce the potentiality of nuclear war. People
are thus expected to breathe a sigh of relief with each agreement reached. How-
ever, a close look at the SALT agreements reveals that very little has been accom-
plished and that the arms race will continue. While SALT I has placed limits on
the number of ABM systems each side can have and on the number of intercon-
tinental ballistic missiles (ICBM’s) and submarine-launched ballistic missiles
( SLBM’s) , the agreements have not placed any restriction on the number of multi-
ple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV’s) or on further research and
development of new weapon systems. Thus the arms race will become one of
quantity and quality of nuclear warheads, and of the ingenuity in each side’s
research. One only has to look at Secretary of Defense Schlesinger’s recent budget
report to the Congress to see that SALT has...