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The second nuclear age : strategy, danger, and the new power politics
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The second nuclear age : strategy, danger, and the new power politics / Paul Bracken.
ISBN
9780805094305
080509430X
Edition
First edition.
Published
New York : Henry Holt and Co., 2012.
Physical Description
306 pages ; 25 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
Drawing on years of experience analyzing defense strategy, the author advocates for renewed U.S. attention to nuclear weapons and discusses how their presence will transform the way crises develop and escalate.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 17, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: the bomb returns for a second act
Part one: Enduring truths: game changer; a most useful weapon; lessons of the first nuclear age
Part two: The new power politics: the new logic of armageddon; the Middle East; South Asia; East Asia
Part three: The way forward: have we forgotten too much?; global dynamics; a fifty-year problem
Conclusion: the maturing second nuclear age.
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