LEADER 02774oam 2200457 450 001 9910482972303321 005 20210618102505.0 010 $a3-030-48737-7 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-48737-9 035 $a(CKB)4100000011610352 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6455933 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-48737-9 035 $a(PPN)259465933 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011610352 100 $a20210618d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe politics of nuclear weapons /$fAndrew Futter 205 $aNew, updated and completely revised, second edition. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cPalgrave Macmillan,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (XVIII, 333 p.) 311 $a3-030-48736-9 327 $a1. 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. . 330 $aThis 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. . 606 $aNuclear weapons$xPolitical aspects 606 $aNuclear arms control$xInternational cooperation 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aNuclear arms control$xInternational cooperation. 676 $a327.1745 700 $aFutter$b Andrew$f1983-$01074271 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910482972303321 996 $aThe politics of nuclear weapons$92572137 997 $aUNINA