The Politics of Nuclear Weapons : New, updated and completely revised

This comprehensively updated second edition provides an introduction to the political, normative, technological and strategic aspects of nuclear weaponry. It offers an accessible overview of the concept of nuclear weapons, outlines how thinking about these weapons has developed and considers how nuc...

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Hlavní autor: Futter, Andrew, 1983-
Médium: Livre numérique
Jazyk:Anglais
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Vydání:2nd ed. 2021.
On-line přístup:Accès sur la plateforme Springer
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Poznámka: Springer e-books science politique (Licence nationale)
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Edition sous un autre format:• The politics of nuclear weapons, Andrew Futter, Nouvelle édition, adaptée et complètement revue, 2nde édition (page de titre), 2021, Cham, Palgrave Macmillan, 1 vol. (XVIII-333 p.), 978-3-030-48736-2
• The Politics of Nuclear Weapons, Texte imprimé, 9783030487386
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  • 1. Introduction: The Politics of Nuclear Weapons 2. What are Nuclear Weapons and Why Are They So Powerful? 3. Testing, Authorising and Delivering Nuclear Weapons 4. Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Ages 5. The Nuclear Revolution, Nuclear Strategy and Nuclear War 6. Vertical proliferation challenges 7. Horizontal Proliferation Challenges: The Nuclear Outliers 8. Managing Nuclear Threats: Structures of Global Nuclear Governance 9. Nuclear Weapons and Non-State Actors 10. Nuclear Disarmament 11. Future Nuclear Challenges 12. Conclusion: Surviving our Nuclear Future. .