The minimum means of reprisal : China's search for security in the nuclear age / / Jeffrey G. Lewis

• Autore: Lewis Jeffrey G
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : The MIT Press, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (282 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.02/170951
• Soggetto topico: Strategic forces - China; Nuclear weapons - China; Nuclear arms control - China
• Soggetto geografico: China Military policy
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Figures and Tables -- Acronyms -- 1 The Minimum Means of Reprisal -- 2 Chinese Strategic Forces, 2006 -- 3 Chinese Strategic Nuclear Forces: Evolution and Design -- 4 China's Participation in the Conference on Disarmament -- 5 Competing Explanations for China's Arms Control Behavior -- 6 U.S. Nuclear Posture and the Logic of Restraint -- 7 A Legal Undertaking to Prevent an Arms Race in Outer Space -- 8 China's Search for Security in the Nuclear Age -- APPENDICES Selected Documents Submitted by the Chinese Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament, 1985-2006 -- About the Author -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: An analysis of China's nuclear and space capabilities, deployment strategies, and stance in arms control negotiations, and the implications for U.S. defense strategy.
• Titolo autorizzato: The minimum means of reprisal
• ISBN: 1-282-09808-X; 9786612098086; 0-262-27830-8; 1-4294-6149-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818508103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American Academy studies in global security.