Stephen J. Cimbala

Nuclear Weapons and Cooperative Security in the 21st Century

The New Disorder

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at the prospects for international cooperation over nuclear weapons proliferation in the 21st century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 482g
• ISBN-13: 9780415552288
• ISBN-10: 0415552281
• Artikelnr.: 27871776

Autorenporträt

Stephen J. Cimbala is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of numerous works in the fields of international security, defense studies, nuclear arms control and other topics. He has consulted for various US government agencies and defense contractors.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Alternative Nuclear Regimes 2. Technology Innovation and
Deterrence in the Future 3. Nuclear Abolition or Limitation? Choices and
Risks 4. Nuclear First Use: Facing the Inevitable, or Playing with Fire? 5.
U.S.-Russian Nuclear Force Reductions after Bush: Prospects and
Implications 6. The Far Side: Theoretical (and Practical) Nuclear Worlds
Ahead 7. Nuclear Proliferation in Asia: Containment or Chaos? 8. Russia's
Undersea Nuclear Deterrent: Vanishing or Modernizing? Conclusion

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Introduction 1. Alternative Nuclear Regimes 2. Technology Innovation and Deterrence in the Future 3. Nuclear Abolition or Limitation? Choices and Risks 4. Nuclear First Use: Facing the Inevitable, or Playing with Fire? 5. U.S.-Russian Nuclear Force Reductions after Bush: Prospects and Implications 6. The Far Side: Theoretical (and Practical) Nuclear Worlds Ahead 7. Nuclear Proliferation in Asia: Containment or Chaos? 8. Russia's Undersea Nuclear Deterrent: Vanishing or Modernizing? Conclusion

Rezensionen

'Nuclear Weapons and Cooperative Security in the 21st Century: The New Disorder is the work of an author who thinks very seriously about the connection between nuclear devices and strategic practice. This very thoughtful work should be of interest to all who are concerned about the future role of nuclear weapons in the international system.' - Comparative Strategy, Oct 2010, 29, p383

"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections." - C. W. Sherrill, CHOICE (August 2010)