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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818508103321

Autore

Lewis Jeffrey G

Titolo

The minimum means of reprisal : China's search for security in the nuclear age / / Jeffrey G. Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : The MIT Press, 2007

ISBN

1-282-09808-X

9786612098086

0-262-27830-8

1-4294-6149-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

American academy studies in global security

Disciplina

355.02/170951

Soggetti

Strategic forces - China

Nuclear weapons - China

Nuclear arms control - China

China Military policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Figures and Tables -- Acronyms -- 1 The Minimum Means of Reprisal -- 2 Chinese Strategic Forces, 2006 -- 3 Chinese Strategic Nuclear Forces: Evolution and Design -- 4 China's Participation in the Conference on Disarmament -- 5 Competing Explanations for China's Arms Control Behavior -- 6 U.S. Nuclear Posture and the Logic of Restraint -- 7 A Legal Undertaking to Prevent an Arms Race in Outer Space -- 8 China's Search for Security in the Nuclear Age -- APPENDICES Selected Documents Submitted by the Chinese Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament, 1985-2006 -- About the Author -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

An analysis of China's nuclear and space capabilities, deployment strategies, and stance in arms control negotiations, and the implications for U.S. defense strategy.