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The Consequences of American Nuclear Disarmament: Strategy and Nuclear Weapons
Christine M. Leah
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Description for The Consequences of American Nuclear Disarmament: Strategy and Nuclear Weapons
Hardback. Series: American Foreign Policy in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFFS; JPS; JPSD; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 473.
This book is about the future of nuclear weapons, geopolitics, and strategy. It examines the legacy of nuclear weapons on US thinking about some concepts of strategy and geopolitics, namely deterrence, extended deterrence, alliances, and arms control. The purpose of this is to demonstrate just how fundamentally nuclear weapons have influenced American thinking about these concepts. It argues that, given the extent of nuclear weapons' influence on these concepts and the implications for international security, further reductions beyond current Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) levels, and the more absolute idea of nuclear disarmament, may not necessarily be prudent ideas. Nuclear ... Read more
This book is about the future of nuclear weapons, geopolitics, and strategy. It examines the legacy of nuclear weapons on US thinking about some concepts of strategy and geopolitics, namely deterrence, extended deterrence, alliances, and arms control. The purpose of this is to demonstrate just how fundamentally nuclear weapons have influenced American thinking about these concepts. It argues that, given the extent of nuclear weapons' influence on these concepts and the implications for international security, further reductions beyond current Strategic Arms Reduction Talks (START) levels, and the more absolute idea of nuclear disarmament, may not necessarily be prudent ideas. Nuclear ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
American Foreign Policy in the 21st Century
Condition
New
Number of Pages
252
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319507200
SKU
V9783319507200
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About Christine M. Leah
Christine M. Leah is a former Chauncey Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University, USA. She was previously a Stanton Postdoctoral Fellow in Nuclear Security at MIT, USA. She completed her PhD at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre of the Australian National University. She is the author of Australia and the Bomb (2014).
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