Getting nuclear weapons right : managing danger and avoiding disaster /

"A comprehensive assessment of the issues surrounding nuclear proliferation and the quest for deterrence stability in the 21st century."--Provided by publisher.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cimbala, Stephen J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc., 2018.
Temas:
Nuclear weapons.
Nuclear nonproliferation.
Deterrence (Strategy)
Security, International.
Armes nucléaires.
Non-prolifération nucléaire.
Dissuasion (Stratégie)
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
Security, International
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Title Page; Copyright page; Contents; Tables and Figures; Tables; Table 4.1 Attributes of Generic Nuclear Deterrence Strategies; Table 5.1 United States, Surviving and Retaliating Weapons, 1,550 Deployment Limit; Table 5.2 Russia, Surviving and Retaliating Weapons, 1,550 Deployment Limit; Table 5.3 United States, Surviving and Retaliating Warheads, 1,000 Deployment Limit; Table 5.4 Russia, Surviving and Retaliating Warheads, 1,000 Deployment Limit; Table 7.1 Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, 2017; Table 7.2 US Strategic Nuclear Forces, 2017; Options for Reductions
  • Table 7.3 United States, Nuclear Exchange Outcomes, 1,550 Deployment LimitTable 7.4 Russia, Nuclear Exchange Outcomes, 1,550 Deployment Limit; Table 7.5 United States, Nuclear Exchange Outcomes, 1,000 Deployment Limit; Table 7.6 Russia, Nuclear Exchange Outcomes, 1,000 Deployment Limit; Table 7.7 United States, Nuclear Exchange Outcomes, 500 Deployment Limit; Table 7.8 Russia, Nuclear Exchange Outcomes, 500 Deployment Limit; Table 7.9 Notional Weapons Requirements from a Purely Hypothetical Study; Table 7.10 European Phased Adaptive Approach to Missile Defense
  • Table 9.1 US Theater Nuclear Weapons in EuropeTable 10.1 Comparative Attributes of Cyber War and Nuclear Deterrence; Figures; Figure 4.1 United States and Russia, Total Strategic Weapons, 500 Deployment Limit; Figure 4.2 United States and Russia, Arriving Retaliatory Weapons, 500 Deployment Limit; Figure 4.3 Constrained Proliferation Model, Total Strategic Weapons, 500 Deployment Limit; Figure 4.4 Constrained Proliferation Model, Arriving Retaliatory Weapons, 500 Deployment Limit; Figure 6.1 Total Strategic Weapons, Holding Model; Figure 6.2 Arriving Retaliatory Weapons, Holding Model
  • Figure 6.3 Total Strategic Weapons, Folding ModelFigure 6.4 Arriving Retaliatory Weapons, Folding Model; Figure 8.1 Constrained Proliferation Model, Operationally Deployed Warheads; Figure 8.2 Constrained Proliferation Model, Surviving and Retaliating Warheads; Acknowledgments; Ch1- Getting Nuclear Weapons Right; Notes; Ch2- Alternative Nuclear Regimes; Mutual Deterrence; Nuclear Primacy; Defense Dominance; Nuclear Abolition and Nuclear Plenitude; Appendix to Chapter 2; Notes; Ch3- Nuclear Abolition: Realistic Aspiration or Pipe Dream?; Defining Nuclear Abolition; The Priority of Politics
  • Weapons Are Effects, Not CausesDeterrence Still Mattersâ#x80;#x94;But How?; Nuclear Complexity; Less Than Perfect Is Still Good; Conclusion; Notes; Ch4- Minimum Deterrence: How Low Can Arsenals Go?; Minimum Deterrence: The Larger Context; Defining and Measuring Minimum Deterrence; Conclusion; Notes; Ch5- Controlling Nuclear War: A Paradoxical Imperative; Deterrence: How Reliable?; Escalation Control: Principles; Escalation Control: New Challenges; Modeling Nuclear War Termination Approach; Conclusion; Notes; Ch6- Nuclear Proliferation: Challenging International Order; Turning Points

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