Nuclear weapons and strategy : U.S. nuclear policy for the twenty-first century / / Stephen J. Cimbala

• Autore: Cimbala Stephen J
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon [England] ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.02/17/0973
• Soggetto topico: Nuclear warfare; World politics - 21st century
• Soggetto geografico: United States Military policy
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [114]-119) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book 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
• Sommario/riassunto: Nuclear 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Nuclear weapons and strategy
• ISBN: 1-135-99044-1; 1-280-36106-9; 9786610361069; 0-203-08737-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910815448303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary security studies.