02774nam 2200625 450 991045957200332120200520144314.00-8131-0895-00-8131-4843-X(CKB)3710000000333851(EBL)1914969(SSID)ssj0001401781(PQKBManifestationID)12607359(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001401781(PQKBWorkID)11351988(PQKB)10874132(MiAaPQ)EBC1914969(OCoLC)605548431(MdBmJHUP)muse43758(Au-PeEL)EBL1914969(CaPaEBR)ebr11011650(CaONFJC)MIL690713(OCoLC)900344342(EXLCZ)99371000000033385120150206h19961996 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDeterrence in the second nuclear age /Keith B. PayneLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1996.©19961 online resource (185 p.)Includes index.1-322-59431-7 0-8131-1998-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; WKeith 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will almost assuredly fail in the Second Nuclear Age -- a period in which direct nuclear threat between superpowers has been replaced by threats posed by regional ""rogue"" powers newly armed with chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons.The fundamental problem with deterrence theory is thDeterrence (Strategy)World politics1989-United StatesMilitary policyElectronic books.Deterrence (Strategy)World politics327.1/7Payne Keith B.1033422MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459572003321Deterrence in the second nuclear age2451974UNINA