The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy : New, Updated and Completely Revised
"The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy quickly established itself as a classic when it first appeared in 1981. This edition makes it even better, incorporating as it does new material about the Cold War and up-dating to include subsequent developments. Filled with insights and penetrating analysis,...
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| Huvudupphovsmän: | , |
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| Materialtyp: | Livre numérique |
| Språk: | Anglais |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK
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Cham : Springer Nature |
| Upplaga: | 4th ed. 2019. |
| Länkar: | Accès sur la plateforme Springer Accès Université d'Orléans |
| Anmärkning: |
Springer e-books science politique (Licence nationale) |
| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
| Edition sous un autre format: | • The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, Texte imprimé, 9781137573483 • The evolution of nuclear strategy, Lawrence Freedman, Jeffrey Michaels, Fourth edition, new, updated and completely revised, 2019, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 1 volume (XVIII-786 pages), 978-1-137-57349-0 • The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy, Texte imprimé, 9781349847624 |
Innehållsförteckning:
- 1. The Arrival of the Bomb 2. The Strategy of Hiroshima 3. Offence and Defence 4. Aggression and Retaliation 5. Strategy for an Atomic Monopoly 6. Strategy for an Atomic Stalemate 7. Massive Retaliation 8. Limited Objectives 9. Limited Means 10. The Importance of Being First 11. Sputnik and the Soviet Threat 12. Soviet Strategy after Stalin 13. The Technological Arms Race 14. New Sources of Strategy 15. The Strategy of Stable Conflict 16. Disarmament to Arms Control 17. Operational Nuclear Strategy.-18. Khrushchev's Second-Best Deterrent 19. Defending Europe 20. No Cities 21. Assured Destruction 22. Britain's 'Independent' Nuclear Deterrent 23. France and the Credibility of Nuclear Guarantees 24. A NATO Nuclear Force 25. The Unthinkable Weapon 26. China's Paper Tiger 27. The Soviet Approach to Deterrence 28. The McNamara Legacy 29. Salt, Parity and the Critique Of Mad 30. Actions and Reactions 31. Selective Options 32. ICBM Vulnerability 33. The Rise of Anti-Nuclear Protest 34. Strategic Defences 35. Soviet Doctrine from Brezhnev to Gorbachev 36. The End of the Cold War 37. Mutual Assured Safety 38. Elimination or Marginalization 39. The Second Nuclear Age 40. The Nuclear War on Terror 41. Proliferation: The Middle East and the Pacific 42. The Return of Great Power Politics 43. Primacy and Maximum Deterrence 44. Can There Be A Nuclear Strategy?.