03234nam 22006255 450 991048297230332120240509001205.09783030487379303048737710.1007/978-3-030-48737-9(CKB)4100000011610352(MiAaPQ)EBC6455933(DE-He213)978-3-030-48737-9(PPN)259465933(Perlego)3481133(EXLCZ)99410000001161035220201123d2021 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Politics of Nuclear Weapons New, updated and completely revised /by Andrew Futter2nd ed. 2021.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2021.1 online resource (XVIII, 333 p.) 9783030487362 3030487369 1. Introduction: The Politics of Nuclear Weapons -- 2. What are Nuclear Weapons and Why Are They So Powerful? -- 3. Testing, Authorising and Delivering Nuclear Weapons -- 4. Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Ages -- 5. The Nuclear Revolution, Nuclear Strategy and Nuclear War -- 6. Vertical proliferation challenges -- 7. Horizontal Proliferation Challenges: The Nuclear Outliers -- 8. Managing Nuclear Threats: Structures of Global Nuclear Governance -- 9. Nuclear Weapons and Non-State Actors -- 10. Nuclear Disarmament -- 11. Future Nuclear Challenges -- 12. Conclusion: Surviving our Nuclear Future. .This comprehensively updated second edition provides an introduction to the political, normative, technological and strategic aspects of nuclear weaponry. It offers an accessible overview of the concept of nuclear weapons, outlines how thinking about these weapons has developed and considers how nuclear threats can continue to be managed in the future. This book will help you to understand what nuclear weapons are, the science behind their creation and operation, why states build them in the first place, and whether it will be possible for the world to banish these weapons entirely. Essential reading for all students of International Relations, Security Studies and Military History. Andrew Futter is Professor of International Politics at the University of Leicester, UK. .Politics and warSecurity, InternationalPeaceMilitary historyMilitary and Defence StudiesInternational Security StudiesPeace and Conflict StudiesMilitary HistoryPolitics and war.Security, International.Peace.Military history.Military and Defence Studies.International Security Studies.Peace and Conflict Studies.Military History.327.1745Futter Andrew1983-1074271MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910482972303321The politics of nuclear weapons2572137UNINA