• Part 1 Introduction, summary and conclusion, Richard Fieldhouse. Part 2 The case for naval arms control: naval arms control - history and observations, Jan Prawitz; US-Soviet naval competition - dangers and risks, Eugene J.Carroll; maritime change in developing countries - the implications for naval arms control, Derek Boothby. Part 3 Challenges of naval arms control: navies of the superpowers - the strategic background, Herve Coutau-Begarie; verification of nuclear weapons at sea, Herbert Lin; superpower naval arms control - practical considerations and possibilities, John Richard Hill. Part 4 Approaches to naval arms control: naval arms control and the new Convention on the Law of the Sea, Ove E.Bring; controlling superpower naval operations, William M.Arkin; naval nuclear arms control, Richard Fieldhouse; the seabed treaty and arms control, Jozef Goldblat. Part 5 Confidence-building measures: applying and extending the US-Soviet Incidents at Sea Agreement, Sean M.Lynn-Jones; a multilateral prevention of incidents at sea regime, Jan Prawitz; naval confidence-building measures - a CSCE perspective, Patrick Howard. Appendices:official Soviet and US views on naval forces and arms control, 1988; post-World War II arms control agreements relevant to naval forces.

`As East and West move towards a state where the possibility of meaningful naval arms control talks can be undertaken, this book will be an important source for anyone involved in such discussions.'Navy International