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Record Nr. |
UNINA9910970982403321 |
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Titolo |
The Future of U.S. nuclear weapons policy / / Committee on International Security and Arms Control, National Academy of Sciences |
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Washington, DC, : National Academy Press, 1997 |
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9780309174640 |
0309174643 |
9780309518376 |
0309518377 |
9780585002002 |
0585002002 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (118 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Nuclear weapons - Government policy - United States |
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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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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Foreword -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Why Change U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy? -- 2 Current U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy -- 3 A Regime of Progressive Constraints -- 4 Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons -- APPENDIX A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- APPENDIX B The Buildup and Builddown of Nuclear Forces. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The debate about appropriate purposes and policies for U.S. nuclear weapons has been under way since the beginning of the nuclear age. With the end of the Cold War, the debate has entered a new phase, propelled by the post-Cold War transformations of the international political landscape. This volume-based on an exhaustive reexamination of issues addressed in The Future of the U.S.-Soviet Nuclear Relationship (NRC, 1991)-describes the state to which U.S. and Russian nuclear forces and policies have evolved since the Cold War ended. The book evaluates a regime of progressive constraints for future U.S. nuclear weapons policy that includes further reductions in nuclear forces, changes in nuclear operations to preserve deterrence but enhance operational safety, and measures to help prevent proliferation |
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