A Perpetual Menace : Nuclear Weapons and International Order.

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Walker, William
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Francis, Taylor & amp ; 2011.
Colección:Routledge global security studies.
Temas:
2000-2099
Nuclear arms control.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy.
Security, International.
World politics > 21st century.
Armes nucléaires > Contrôle.
Armes nucléaires > Politique gouvernementale.
Politique mondiale > 21e siècle.
Nuclear arms control
Nuclear weapons > Government policy
Security, International
World politics
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Notas:Written by a leading scholar in the field of nuclear weapons and international relations, this book examines 'the problem of order' arising from the existence of weapons of mass destruction. This central problem of international order has its origins in the nineteenth century, when industrialization and the emergence of new sciences, technologies and administrative capabilities greatly expanded states' abilities to inflict injury, ushering in the era of total war. It became acute in the mid-twentieth century, with the invention of the atomic bomb and the pre-eminent role ascribed to nuclear we.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (257 pages).
ISBN:9780203239124
0203239121

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