LEADER 03723nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910450202903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-81299-0 010 $a9786610812998 010 $a0-8157-9659-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000031477 035 $a(EBL)273542 035 $a(OCoLC)57033163$z(OCoLC)437173478$z(OCoLC)1017611017 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000212722 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11220833 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212722 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10138879 035 $a(PQKB)10611308 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC273542 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse60878 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL273542 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10077267 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL81299 035 $a(OCoLC)437173478 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000031477 100 $a20040510d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe nuclear tipping point$b[electronic resource] $ewhy states reconsider their nuclear choices /$fKurt M. Campbell, Robert J. Einhorn, and Mitchell B. Reiss, editors 210 $aWashington, D.C. $cBrookings Institution Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (381 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8157-1331-2 311 $a0-8157-1330-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tThe nuclear tipping point : prospects for a world of many nuclear weapons states /$rMitchell B. Reiss --$tReconsidering a nuclear future : why countries might cross over to the other side /$rKurt M. Campbell --$tWill the abstainers reconsider? : focusing on individual cases /$rRobert J. Einhorn --$tEgypt : frustrated but still on a non-nuclear course /$rRobert J. Einhorn --$tSyria : can the myth be maintained without nukes? /$rEllen Laipson --$tSaudi Arabia : the calculations of uncertainty /$rThomas W. Lippman --$tTurkey : nuclear choices amongst dangerous neighbors /$rLeon Fuerth --$tGermany : the model case, a historical imperative /$rJenifer Mackby and Walter B. Slocombe --$tJapan : thinking the unthinkable /$rKurt M. Campbell and Tsuyoshi Sunohara --$tSouth Korea : the tyranny of geography and the vexations of history /$rJonathan D. Pollack and Mitchell B. Reiss --$tTaiwan's Hsin Chu program : deterrence, abandonment, and honor /$rDerek J. Mitchell --$tAvoiding the tipping point : concluding observations /$rKurt M. Campbell and Robert J. Einhorn. 330 $aMore than half a century after the advent of the nuclear age, is the world approaching a tipping point that will unleash an epidemic of nuclear proliferation? Today many of the building blocks of a nuclear arsenal-scientific and engineering expertise, precision machine tools, software, design information-are more readily available than ever before. The nuclear pretensions of so-called rogue states and terrorist organizations are much discussed. But how firm is the resolve of those countries that historically have chosen to forswear nuclear weapons? A combination of changes in the international 606 $aNuclear nonproliferation 606 $aNational security 606 $aSecurity, International 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNuclear nonproliferation. 615 0$aNational security. 615 0$aSecurity, International. 676 $a327.1/747 701 $aCampbell$b Kurt M.$f1957-$0980094 701 $aEinhorn$b Robert J$01036485 701 $aReiss$b Mitchell$01036486 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450202903321 996 $aThe nuclear tipping point$92456875 997 $aUNINA