Topics

1. Pre-Reagan Historical Context of Conventional and CBW Force Asymmetries and Arms Control
    
2. Reagan’s Early Warnings on Conventional Force Asymmetries and U.S. Modernization and Defense Requirements—1980 to 1981
    
3. Soviet Military Power and NATO-Warsaw Pact Force Asymmetries: Early Reagan Administration and NATO Reports—1981 to 1983
    
4. MBFR Arms Control: Early Reagan Directives and New U.S.-Western MBFR Proposals—1981 to 1983
    
5. MBFR in the Second Term: MBFR Arms Control, Conventional Force Modernization, and Soviet Treaty Violations—1985 to 1989
    
6. Conventional Force Modernization and Strategy for the U.S. and NATO—1982 to 1988
    
7. Chemical and Biological Weapons (CBW): Reagan’s Policies, Arms Control, U.S. Defense Modernization, and Soviet Violations—1981 to 1983
    
8. Two U.S. Intelligence Assessment and a Public Report on Soviet CW and Toxin Programs, Use, and Proliferation—1983
    
9. CBW Decision Year 1984: Soviet Violations, U.S. CBW Defense Modernization, and U.S. Arms Control Initiative
    
10. CBW Policy in Reagan’s Second Term: Reagan Remains Tough in Negotiations, Public Reports on Soviet Violations, and Modernization—1985 to 1989
     
11. A Look Back and Ahead