George H. Quester

Before and After the Cold War (eBook, ePUB)

Using Past Forecasts to Predict the Future

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The end of the Cold War came as good news for most of the world. No one had predicted the collapse of Communist rule for several decades. This book looks at how political scientists failed to predict such a quick resolution and ways in which the world might develop post Cold War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135285531
• Artikelnr.: 39908921

Autorenporträt

George H. Quester

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Is the Nonproliferation Treaty Enough?
Chapter 2 Taiwan and Nuclear Proliferation
Chapter 3 Women in Combat
Chapter 4 America's Interest in Eastern Europe: Toward a Finlandization of the Warsaw Pact?
Chapter 5 Transboundary Television
Chapter 6 America and the Chinese: The Need for Continuing Ambiguity
Chapter 7 Some Barriers to Thinking About Conventional Defense
Chapter 8 Nuclear Pakistan and Nuclear India: Stable Deterrent or Proliferation Challenge?
Chapter 9 America's Response to the New World Dis(order)
Chapter 10 The Gains and Costs of Non-Lethal Warfare
Chapter 11 Driving on the Right vs Driving on the Left: International Standards in Historical Perspective
Chapter 12 The Continuing Debate on Minimal Deterrence
Chapter 13 Some Conclusions