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The minimum means of reprisal : China's search for security in the nuclear age /

An analysis of China's nuclear and space capabilities, deployment strategies, and stance in arms control negotiations, and the implications for U.S. defense strategy.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lewis, Jeffrey G.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : American Academy of Arts and Sciences : MIT Press, ©2007.
Series:American Academy studies in global security.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: Ch. 1 minimum means of reprisal
  • Ch. 2 Chinese strategic forces, 2006
  • Ch. 3 Chinese strategic nuclear forces : evolution and design
  • Ch. 4 China's participation in the conference on disarmament
  • Ch. 5 Competing explanations for China's arms control behavior
  • Ch. 6 U.S. nuclear posture and the logic of restraint
  • Ch. 7 legal undertaking to prevent an arms race in outer space
  • Ch. 8 China's search for security in the nuclear age
  • App. A CD/579 : China's basic position on the prevention of an arms race in outer space (15 March 1985)
  • App. B CD/1606 : China's position on and suggestions for ways to address the issue of prevention of an arms race in outer space at the conference on disarmament (9 February 2000)
  • App. C CD/1645 : possible elements of the future international legal instrument on the prevention of the weaponization of outer space (6 June 2001)
  • App. D CD/1679 : possible elements for a future international legal agreement on the prevention of the deployment of weapons in outer space, the threat or use of force against outer space objects (28 June 2002).