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The gravest danger : nuclear weapons /

"The mortal danger of nuclear weapons in unique in its terrifying potential for devastation on an unprecedented and unimaginable scale. In this book, Sidney D. Drell and James E. Goodby - each with more than forty years' experience in national security issues both in public and private cap...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926-2016
Otros Autores: Goodby, James E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, ©2003.
Colección:Hoover Institution Press publication ; 524.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Word / George P. Shultz
  • Introduction: The Nuclear Danger
  • I. From the Past to the Present
  • Was the Past a Precedent or an Exception?
  • U.S. Policies
  • Emerging U.S.-Russian Relations
  • A Nuclear Nightmare
  • Containment and Deterrence
  • II. Looking Forward
  • The Security Environment of the Future
  • Motivations for Acquiring Nuclear Weapons
  • The Practice of Preventive or Preemptive Military Action
  • Assessing the Utility of Preventive or Preemptive Military Action
  • The Terrorist Threat
  • III. Denial Polices
  • Denial Policies at the Level of States
  • The Problem of Monitoring Nuclear Proliferation Activities
  • The Role of Ballistic Missile Defense
  • IV. Defining Diplomacy's Task.