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The Problem of Verification

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Because the field is all hypothesis-nobody has yet done any-the very words used to talk about disarmament and arms control are still green. They are used by different people at different times in different senses. That is even so within the English language; and confusion is sometimes confounded because words of common origin have different meanings in different languages. In the field of inspection and control this confusion is exceptionally severe, and it may be better to begin by discussing which words are most useful to use.

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Young, W. (1970). The Problem of Verification. In: Garnett, J. (eds) Theories of Peace and Security. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15376-3_13

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