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UNINA9910459572003321 |
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Autore |
Payne Keith B. |
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Deterrence in the second nuclear age / / Keith B. Payne |
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Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1996 |
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©1996 |
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0-8131-0895-0 |
0-8131-4843-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (185 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Deterrence (Strategy) |
World politics - 1989- |
Electronic books. |
United States Military policy |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. New Environment, New Requirement; Chapter 3. The Valor of Ignorance; Chapter 4. Success, Motivation, Mistakes, and Uncertainty; Chapter 5. Reconsidering the Hubris of Past and Present; Chapter 6. Summary and Conclusion; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W |
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Keith Payne begins by asking, ""Did we really learn how to deter predictably and reliably during the Cold War?"" He answers cautiously in the negative, pointing out that we know only that our policies toward the Soviet Union did not fail. What we can be more certain of, in Payne's view, is that such policies will almost assuredly fail in the Second Nuclear Age -- a period in which direct nuclear threat between superpowers has been replaced by threats posed by regional ""rogue"" powers newly armed with chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons.The fundamental problem with deterrence theory is th |
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UNICASBVE0107054 |
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Complots et conjurations dans l'Europe moderne : actes du colloque international organisé par l'École française de Rome, l'Institut de recherches sur les civilisations de l'occident moderne de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne et le Dipartimento di storia moderna e contemporanea dell'Università degli studi di Pisa : Rome, 30 septembre-2 octobre 1993 / sous la direction de Yves-Marie Bercé et Elena Fasano Guarini |
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Roma, : École française de Rome, 1996 |
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Titolo uniforme |
Complots et conjurations dans l'Europe moderne |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Collection de l'École française de Rome ; 220 |
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Cospirazioni - Europa - Sec. 16.-17 |
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