Beyond Deterrence
The Political Economy Of Nuclear Weapons
1st Edition
Published on 5. April 1990
Book
Hardback
362 pages
978-0-8133-0477-9 (ISBN)
Description
Contending that modern defensive weapons are often justified by emotional and political pressures rather than by objective standards, the authors suggest improvements in the decision-making process and explore the prospects for nuclear defence in the United States.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-8133-0477-9 (9780813304779)
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Content
Part 1 Nuclear dilemmas: introduction; the strategic balance; NATO's nuclear addiction; nuclear proliferation. Part 2 The design of nuclear defence: levels of capability; evolving technologies. Part 3 The economics of nuclear weapons: nuclear weapon infrastructure; nuclear weapons and the competition for national resources; the impact of the US regional defence spending on the inertia for nuclear weapons; nuclear weapons and competition for the Allies' national resources; nuclear weapons and the competition for Soviet national resources; reallocating strategic and tactical nuclear weapon resources to non-defence applications. Part 4 The future - nuclear politics, inertia and alternatives: nuclear weapons and the future strategic position of the United States; nuclear weapons and the future strategic position of the European NATO Allies; nuclear weapons and the future strategic position of the Soviet Union; arms control; finding strategies to deal with the nuclear weapon dilemma.