The Quest for Domestic Politics in the American Nuclear Arms Control (original) (raw)

Nuclear Arms Control has been a high-politics issue in the world of international security. The United States has participated in numerous arms control and non-proliferation efforts over the past 60 years. It is the tool that has occasionally been used to implement the US national security strategy. There are many domestic events in each administrative era of US Presidents, which affected the American policy towards Nuclear Arms Control. Indeed, the domestic society and politics is important in America’s pursuit of Nuclear Arms, but how important is it? The purpose of this paper is to seek how important were the domestic politics in America’s pursuit of Nuclear Arms Control. Through the comparison of the administration of President Truman and President Johnson, this paper will show the importance of America’s domestic politics in the policy related to nuclear arms control.