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No Use : Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National Security /

In No Use, national security scholar Thomas M. Nichols examines the role of nuclear weapons and their prominence in U.S. security strategy, ultimately arguing that this belief in the utility of nuclear force is misguided and dangerously obsolete.

Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Nichols, Thomas M., 1960- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014.
Édition:1st ed.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: why nuclear weapons still matter
  • Nuclear strategy, 1950-1990: the search for meaning
  • Nuclear weapons after the Cold War: promise and failure
  • The return of minimum deterrence
  • Small states and nuclear war
  • Conclusion: the price of nuclear peace.