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On limited nuclear war in the 21st century /

The last two decades have seen a slow but steady increase in nuclear armed states, and in the seemingly less constrained policy goals of some of the newer ""rogue"" states in the international system. The authors ofOn Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century argue that a time may...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Larsen, Jeffrey Arthur, 1954- (Editor ), Kartchner, Kerry M., 1956- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2014.
Colección:Stanford security studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The last two decades have seen a slow but steady increase in nuclear armed states, and in the seemingly less constrained policy goals of some of the newer ""rogue"" states in the international system. The authors ofOn Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century argue that a time may come when one of these states makes the conscious decision that using a nuclear weapon against the United States, its allies, or forward deployed forces in the context of a crisis or a regional conventional conflict may be in its interests. They assert that we are unprepared for these types of limited</I.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (309 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780804790918
0804790914