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Autore |
Cimbala Stephen J |
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Titolo |
Nuclear weapons and strategy [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. nuclear policy for the twenty-first century / / Stephen J. Cimbala |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Abingdon [England] ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-36106-9 |
9786610361069 |
0-203-08737-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (145 p.) |
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Collana |
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Contemporary security studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nuclear warfare |
World politics - 21st century |
Electronic books. |
United States Military policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [114]-119) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Technology and Deterrence in the New World Order; 2 Can Missile Defenses Overturn Deterrence?; 3 Conventionalizing U.S. and Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces; 4 Nuclear Proliferation and Causal Explanation; 5 Nuclear Proliferation in Asia; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Nuclear weapons, once thought to have been marginalized by the end of the Cold War, have returned with a vengeance to the centre of US security concerns and to a world bereft of the old certainties of deterrence. This is a major analysis of these new strategic realities. The George W. Bush administration, having deposed the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, now points to a new nuclear ""Axis of Evil"": Iran and North Korea. These nations and other rogue states, as well as terrorists, may pose key threats because they are ""beyond deterrence"", which was based on the credible f |
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