This book explores the strategies of the global movement to change American nuclear test ban policy at the End of the Cold War, and the sources and nature of the George Bush administration's resistance to change.

Note on Sources and National Actors -- Introduction -- Thirty Years of Frustration -- From Concept to Conference Call -- The Year of Skirmishes -- The Meeting -- Intermission -- The Conference -- Perspectives -- Treaty Banning Nuclear-Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water -- Amendment Proposal -- List of States Requesting the Convening of the Amendment Conference -- Successive Formulations Regarding the Future of the Amendment Conference -- Roll Call Vote on the Decision of the Conference, January 18, 1991