National Security and The Nuclear Dilemma, 1945-1991 - Brossura

Smoke, Richard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0070593523 ISBN 13: 9780070593527

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Education, 1993

Riassunto

This definitive survey examines the impact of nuclear weaponry on national security issues. Written by an experienced author and founder of the Peace and Common Security Institute in Berkeley, California, this text describes how current nuclear dilemmas have developed out of past choices and events. The final chapter of this chronologically organized text covers events that took place from 1985-1991, making the material relevant to the post-Cold War era.

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Contenuti:

CHAPTER 1: Introduction

CHAPTER 2: The Political-Technological Background

CHAPTER 3: America Enters the World Military Arena

CHAPTER 4: America Fashions its National Security

CHAPTER 5: The First Era of American Military Superiority

CHAPTER 6.: Sputnik and the Missile Gap

CHAPTER 7: The Second Era of American Military Superiority

CHAPTER 8: Security Through Arms Control

CHAPTER 9: SALT

CHAPTER 10: The Soviet Buildup

CHAPTER 11: The American Buildup

CHAPTER 12: Strategy and Arms Control in the Early 1980s

CHAPTER 13: Star Wars?

CHAPTER 14: The Cold War Winds Down: Europe

CHAPTER 15: The Cold War Winds Down: Strategic Affairs

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• Editore: McGraw-Hill Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0070593523
• ISBN 13: 9780070593527
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 368