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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467714803321

Autore

Mandelbaum Michael

Titolo

The nuclear future / / Michael Mandelbaum

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, New York ; ; London : , : Cornell University Press, , [1983]

©1983

ISBN

1-5017-4528-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 pages)

Disciplina

355.0217

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons

Nuclear warfare

Arms race - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Original paper was published as The future of nuclear weapons in the September-October 1982 issue of the Naval War College review"--Pref.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [129]-131).

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. The Nuclear Future -- 2. The Arms Race -- 3. Nuclear Proliferation -- 4. The Anti-Nuclear Weapons Movements -- 5. The Nuclear Future Revisited -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

While specifically defining many of the technical terms that have made this subject so inaccessible, Michael Mandelbaum discusses the weapons systems and nuclear doctrine of both the United States and the Soviet Union along with their predicted impact on the future of the arms race.