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Nuclear deterrence in the 21st century [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from the Cold War for a new era of strategic piracy / / Thérèse Delpech
| Nuclear deterrence in the 21st century [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from the Cold War for a new era of strategic piracy / / Thérèse Delpech |
| Autore | Delpech Thérèse |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/17 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear arms control
Deterrence (Strategy) |
| ISBN | 0-8330-5944-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Why Is This Subject Important?; CHAPTER THREE: Concepts; The Dominant Concept Under Attack; Extended Deterrence: A Concept Revived; Self-Deterrence: The Best-and Worst-of Worlds; Mutual Assured Destruction: An Old- Fashioned Concept; Stability: The Dream Is Over; Second Strike: A Grand Old Concept with a Bright Future; Parity: A Confused and Confusing Concept; Vulnerable Societies, Invulnerable Weapons: A Paradox; Credibility: An Increasingly Relevant Concept
Launch on Warning: A Dangerous Concept Uncertainty: A Concept for Our Time; Game Theory: Unreal; Limited Nuclear Wars: Triumph of Hope; Old Wine in New Bottles: Five Samples from the Cold War Cellars; 1. No First Use; 2. Arms Control; 3. Surprise Attacks; 4. Rationality in Deterrence; 5. Elimination; Contemporary Nightmares; Escalation; Accidental War; Nuclear Weapons in the Hands of Nonstate Actors; Adversaries Bent on Gambling; Miscalculation and Misperception; Blackmail; CHAPTER FOUR: Lessons from Crises; Preliminary Crises; 1946: Azerbaijan; 1946: Yugoslavia; Crises over Berlin 1948: Berlin Blockade 1958-1959: The Status of Berlin; 1961: The Berlin Wall; 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis; Asian Crises; 1950: Korea (Truman); 1953: Korea (Eisenhower); 1954: Indochina, Operation Vulture; 1954-1955: First Taiwan Strait Crisis; 1958: Second Taiwan Strait Crisis; 1962: India-China War; 1964: The First Chinese Test and Japan's Reaction; 1969: Vietnam, Operation Duck Hook and Operation Giant Lance; 1969: Soviet-Chinese Border Clashes (March-October); 1971: Indo-Pakistani War; Middle East Crises; 1956: Suez Canal Crisis; 1958: Lebanon; 1970: Jordan; 1973: Yom Kippur War Misperception 1983: Able Archer Exercise; What Lessons Can Be Drawn from These Crises?; Superiority Is Not the Decisive Factor; But Numbers Do Matter; Leadership Lies at the Very Core of Deterrence; Deterrence Is About Behavior in Daily Life, Not in Brief Crises; The Ability to Take Risks Is Part of Any Success Story; Different Approaches to "Rationality" Should Be Acknowledged; Prudence Should Prevent Unnecessary Risk-Taking; Ignorance Is Blissful-but Dangerous; Subtleties of Deterrence Theory Play Little Role in Times of Crisis Strategic Thinkers Nonetheless Had a Far-Reaching Effect on Defense Policy On the Whole, Blatant Moves or Threats, When Credible, Were More Successful Than Uncertainty; Participants Are Never in Full Control of Events; The Past Contains Significant Experience Related to Asia; CHAPTER FIVE: The Age of Small Powers; Iran; North Korea; Pakistan; Syria; Some Thoughts Concerning Small States and International Security; CHAPTER SIX: Ahead of Us: The Big Piracy Game?; China; Russia; An Elusive Strategic Stability; CHAPTER SEVEN: Space and Cyberdeterrence; Space; Cyberspace; Conclusion; References About the Author |
| Altri titoli varianti | Nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996320195703316 |
Delpech Thérèse
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| Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Nuclear deterrence in the 21st century [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from the Cold War for a new era of strategic piracy / / Thérèse Delpech
| Nuclear deterrence in the 21st century [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from the Cold War for a new era of strategic piracy / / Thérèse Delpech |
| Autore | Delpech Thérèse |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (197 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/17 |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear arms control
Deterrence (Strategy) |
| ISBN | 0-8330-5944-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Foreword; Contents; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Why Is This Subject Important?; CHAPTER THREE: Concepts; The Dominant Concept Under Attack; Extended Deterrence: A Concept Revived; Self-Deterrence: The Best-and Worst-of Worlds; Mutual Assured Destruction: An Old- Fashioned Concept; Stability: The Dream Is Over; Second Strike: A Grand Old Concept with a Bright Future; Parity: A Confused and Confusing Concept; Vulnerable Societies, Invulnerable Weapons: A Paradox; Credibility: An Increasingly Relevant Concept
Launch on Warning: A Dangerous Concept Uncertainty: A Concept for Our Time; Game Theory: Unreal; Limited Nuclear Wars: Triumph of Hope; Old Wine in New Bottles: Five Samples from the Cold War Cellars; 1. No First Use; 2. Arms Control; 3. Surprise Attacks; 4. Rationality in Deterrence; 5. Elimination; Contemporary Nightmares; Escalation; Accidental War; Nuclear Weapons in the Hands of Nonstate Actors; Adversaries Bent on Gambling; Miscalculation and Misperception; Blackmail; CHAPTER FOUR: Lessons from Crises; Preliminary Crises; 1946: Azerbaijan; 1946: Yugoslavia; Crises over Berlin 1948: Berlin Blockade 1958-1959: The Status of Berlin; 1961: The Berlin Wall; 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis; Asian Crises; 1950: Korea (Truman); 1953: Korea (Eisenhower); 1954: Indochina, Operation Vulture; 1954-1955: First Taiwan Strait Crisis; 1958: Second Taiwan Strait Crisis; 1962: India-China War; 1964: The First Chinese Test and Japan's Reaction; 1969: Vietnam, Operation Duck Hook and Operation Giant Lance; 1969: Soviet-Chinese Border Clashes (March-October); 1971: Indo-Pakistani War; Middle East Crises; 1956: Suez Canal Crisis; 1958: Lebanon; 1970: Jordan; 1973: Yom Kippur War Misperception 1983: Able Archer Exercise; What Lessons Can Be Drawn from These Crises?; Superiority Is Not the Decisive Factor; But Numbers Do Matter; Leadership Lies at the Very Core of Deterrence; Deterrence Is About Behavior in Daily Life, Not in Brief Crises; The Ability to Take Risks Is Part of Any Success Story; Different Approaches to "Rationality" Should Be Acknowledged; Prudence Should Prevent Unnecessary Risk-Taking; Ignorance Is Blissful-but Dangerous; Subtleties of Deterrence Theory Play Little Role in Times of Crisis Strategic Thinkers Nonetheless Had a Far-Reaching Effect on Defense Policy On the Whole, Blatant Moves or Threats, When Credible, Were More Successful Than Uncertainty; Participants Are Never in Full Control of Events; The Past Contains Significant Experience Related to Asia; CHAPTER FIVE: The Age of Small Powers; Iran; North Korea; Pakistan; Syria; Some Thoughts Concerning Small States and International Security; CHAPTER SIX: Ahead of Us: The Big Piracy Game?; China; Russia; An Elusive Strategic Stability; CHAPTER SEVEN: Space and Cyberdeterrence; Space; Cyberspace; Conclusion; References About the Author |
| Altri titoli varianti | Nuclear deterrence in the twenty-first century |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910141437503321 |
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Delpech Thérèse
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| Santa Monica, Calif., : RAND, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Savage century [[electronic resource] ] : back to barbarism / / Thérèse Delpech ; translated by George Holoch
| Savage century [[electronic resource] ] : back to barbarism / / Thérèse Delpech ; translated by George Holoch |
| Autore | Delpech Thérèse |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (238 p.) |
| Disciplina | 327.101/12 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | HolochGeorge |
| Soggetto topico |
Security, International - Forecasting
World politics - 21st century Geopolitics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-87003-276-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. The telescope -- pt. 2. 1905 -- pt. 3. The world in 2025 -- pt. 4. Back in 2005. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453183103321 |
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Delpech Thérèse
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| Washington, D.C., : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, c2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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