The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy New, Updated and Completely Revised /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Freedman, Lawrence (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Michaels, Jeffrey (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Έκδοση: 4th ed. 2019.
• Θέματα: Politics and war.; Political science.; Peace.; Security, International.; International organization.; International relations.; Military and Defence Studies.; Popular Science in Political Science and International Relations.; Conflict Studies.; International Security Studies.; International Organization.; International Relations Theory.

"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,...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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?.