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Game changers : energy on the move / / edited by George P. Shultz and Robert C. Armstrong
| Game changers : energy on the move / / edited by George P. Shultz and Robert C. Armstrong |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.7 |
| Soggetto topico | Power resources - United States |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8179-1828-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Half title; Contributors; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Natural Gas from Shales; 2 Solar Photovoltaics; 3 Grid-Scale Electricity Storage; 4 Electric Cars; 5 LED Lighting; Looking Ahead; Game Changers in Action; Conclusion; About the Contributors; About the Hoover Institution's Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy and the MIT Energy Initiative; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458546103321 |
| Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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My journey at the nuclear brink / / William J. Perry ; foreword by George P. Shultz
| My journey at the nuclear brink / / William J. Perry ; foreword by George P. Shultz |
| Autore | Perry William James <1927-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (277 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355.02/17092 |
| Collana | Stanford Security Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Nuclear weapons - Government policy - United States - History
Nuclear arms control - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8047-9714-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Nuclear Nightmare -- 2 A Fire in the Sky -- 3 The Rise of the Soviet Missile Threat and the Race for Data to Understand It -- 4 An Original Silicon Valley Entrepreneur and the Advance of Spy Technology -- 5 A Call to Serve -- 6 Implementing the Offset Strategy and the Emergence of Stealth Technology -- 7 Buildup of the US Nuclear Force -- 8 Nuclear Alerts, Arms Control, and Missed Opportunities in Nonproliferation -- 9 The Undersecretary as a Diplomat -- 10 Back in Civilian Life: The Cold War Ends, but the Nuclear Journey Continues -- 11 A Return to Washington: The New Challenge of “Loose Nukes” and the Lurching Reform of Defense Acquisition -- 12 I Become Secretary of Defense -- 13 Dismantling Nuclear Weapons and Building the Legacy of Nunn-Lugar -- 14 The Crisis with North Korea: Containing an Emerging Nuclear State -- 15 Ratifying Start II and Battling over the Test Ban Treaty -- 16 NATO, Peacekeeping in Bosnia, and the Rise of Security Ties with Russia -- 17 The “Immaculate Invasion” of Haiti and Forging Ties for Western Hemispheric Security -- 18 The “Iron Logic” between Military Capability and Quality of Life -- 19 A Farewell to Arms -- 20 The Fall of Security Ties with Russia -- 21 Seeking Common Ground with China, India, Pakistan, and Iran -- 22 The North Korean Policy Review: Triumph and Tragedy -- 23 Fiasco in Iraq: Then and Now -- 24 The Nuclear Security Project: Former “Cold Warriors” Offer a New Vision -- 25 A Way Forward: Hope for a World without Nuclear Weapons -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461130003321 |
Perry William James <1927->
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| Stanford, California : , : Stanford University Press, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soviet Foreign Policy in a Changing World / / Erik P. Hoffmann, Robbin F. Laird
| Soviet Foreign Policy in a Changing World / / Erik P. Hoffmann, Robbin F. Laird |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2021] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXIV, 969 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Russian & Former Soviet Union |
| ISBN | 3-11-241810-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS VOLUME -- I. ISSUES -- 1. The Soviet Union: Her Aims, Problems, and Challenges to the West -- 2. The Stalinist Legacy in Soviet Foreign Policy -- 3. The Nature of Soviet Power -- 4. The New Dynamics of the Soviet Empire: From Optimism to Pessimism -- 5. Soviet Domestic Politics and Foreign Policy -- 6. What Do Scholars Know about Soviet Foreign Policy? -- 7. Soviet Ideology, Risk-Taking, and Crisis Behavior -- II. POLICYMAKING AND IMPLEMENTATION -- 8. Anatomy of Policymaking -- 9. Soviet Perspectives on "The Scientific-Technological Revolution" and International Politics -- 10. The Foreign Policy Establishment -- 11. Decision Making for Arms Limitation in the Soviet Union -- 12. The CPSU Central Committee's International Department -- 13. "Active Measures" in Soviet Strategy -- III. MILITARY POWER -- 14. Soviet Perspectives on Security -- 15. Military Power and Political Purpose in Soviet Policy -- 16. The Satisfaction of Operational Objectives -- 17. Soviet Strategy toward Northern Europe and Japan -- 18. The Soviet-Afghan War: The First Four Years -- IV. THE UNITED STATES -- 19. The United States and the Soviet Union, 1917-1976 -- 20. The Sources of American Conduct: Soviet Perspectives and Their Policy Implications -- 21. The Soviet Union and Strategic Arms -- 22. Selling the Russians the Rope? Soviet Technology Policy and U.S. Export Controls -- 23. U.S. and Soviet Agriculture: The Shifting Balance of Power -- 24. The New Soviet Challenge and America's New Edge -- V. WESTERN EUROPE -- 25. The USSR and Western Europe -- 26. Soviet Nuclear Weapons in Europe -- 27. Soviet Economic Policies in Western Europe -- 28. Capitalist Contradictions and Soviet Policy -- VI. EASTERN EUROPE -- 29. Soviet Policy toward Eastern Europe: Interests, Instruments, and Trends -- 30. The Soviet Union and the East European Militaries: The Diminishing Asset -- 31. The Political Economy of Soviet Relations with Eastern Europe -- 32. Soviet Empire: Alive but Not Well -- VII. THE FAR EAST -- 33. Asia in the Soviet Conception -- 34. Siberian Development: The Strategic Implications -- 35. Soviet Policy toward China -- 36. The Moscow-Beijing Détente -- VIII. THE THIRD WORLD -- 37. Soviet Geopolitical Momentum: Myth or Menace? Center for Defense Information -- 38. Soviet Arms Trade with the Noncommunist Third World -- 39. The USSR and the Third World: Economic Dilemmas -- 40. The Correlation of Forces and Soviet Policy in the Middle East -- 41. The Soviet Union and the Peace Process since Camp David -- 42. Soviet Options and Opportunities in Southern Asia -- 43. New Trends in Soviet Policy toward Africa -- 44. The Soviets and Latin America: A Three Decade U.S. Policy Tangle -- IX. THE FUTURE -- 45. Can the Soviet Union Reform? -- 46. The Changing Soviet Union and the World -- 47. Socialist Stagnation and Communist Encirclement -- 48. Soviet Global Power and the Correlation of Forces -- 49. KAL 007: Perceptions and Politics -- 50. What the Russians Really Want: A Rational Response to the Soviet Challenge -- 51. The Future of Yalta -- 52. Managing the U.S.-Soviet Relationship over the Long Term |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996472045403316 |
| Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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