LEADER 02877nam 22006374a 450 001 9910451245003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-36106-9 010 $a9786610361069 010 $a0-203-08737-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000252291 035 $a(EBL)256948 035 $a(OCoLC)475972320 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000212733 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11173618 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212733 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10139754 035 $a(PQKB)10380085 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC256948 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL256948 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10163406 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL36106 035 $a(OCoLC)437164575 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000252291 100 $a20050304d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNuclear weapons and strategy$b[electronic resource] $eU.S. nuclear policy for the twenty-first century /$fStephen J. Cimbala 210 $aAbingdon [England] ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (145 p.) 225 1 $aContemporary security studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-65050-X 311 $a0-415-70199-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [114]-119) and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Technology and Deterrence in the New World Order; 2 Can Missile Defenses Overturn Deterrence?; 3 Conventionalizing U.S. and Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces; 4 Nuclear Proliferation and Causal Explanation; 5 Nuclear Proliferation in Asia; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aNuclear weapons, once thought to have been marginalized by the end of the Cold War, have returned with a vengeance to the centre of US security concerns and to a world bereft of the old certainties of deterrence. This is a major analysis of these new strategic realities. The George W. Bush administration, having deposed the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, now points to a new nuclear ""Axis of Evil"": Iran and North Korea. These nations and other rogue states, as well as terrorists, may pose key threats because they are ""beyond deterrence"", which was based on the credible f 410 0$aContemporary security studies. 606 $aNuclear warfare 606 $aWorld politics$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xMilitary policy 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNuclear warfare. 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a355.02/17/0973 700 $aCimbala$b Stephen J$0846069 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910451245003321 996 $aNuclear weapons and strategy$92183430 997 $aUNINA