Nuclear Rivalry and International Order
1st Edition
Published on 14. February 1996
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-8039-7753-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Cold War may have ended, and with it the superpower rivalry, but the world still contains many nuclear-armed states. This wide-ranging analysis of the continuing role of nuclear weapons in inter-state rivalry shows how they remain a central issue for the future of world peace. Determining the role of such weapons is crucial to the prospects for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.
The book starts by examining the relevance of nuclear weapons to the `long peace' between the superpowers during the Cold War. Were they a necessary condition for peace? Were they irrelevant or only marginally relevant to that peace? Can such questions be answered at all? Can the record of the past point to a future for nuclear weapons? The answers to these questions lead, in the second half of the book, to discussion of the present and future role of nuclear weapons and the opportunities for disarmament and non-proliferation.
The book starts by examining the relevance of nuclear weapons to the `long peace' between the superpowers during the Cold War. Were they a necessary condition for peace? Were they irrelevant or only marginally relevant to that peace? Can such questions be answered at all? Can the record of the past point to a future for nuclear weapons? The answers to these questions lead, in the second half of the book, to discussion of the present and future role of nuclear weapons and the opportunities for disarmament and non-proliferation.
Reviews / Votes
`A useful and balanced account of Cold War deterrence politics, and a fair summary of mainstream arguments concerning nuclear proliferation' - Political StudiesMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-7753-2 (9780803977532)
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Content
Foreword - Dan Smith
PART ONE: NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND GREAT-POWER PEACE, 1945-1991
Introduction - Olav Nj[sl]olstad
Mutually Assured Disagreement, or: Discussing the Nuclear Peace Thesis
The Impact of Nuclear Weapons on History - James R Schlesinger
The Nuclear Revolution Into its Second Phase - Godfried van Benthem van den Bergh
Nuclear Weapons and Cold War History - John Lewis Gaddis
Nine Propositions about the Historical Impact of Nuclear Weapons - John Mueller
Controlling the Soviet-US Enduring Rivalry - Bruce Russett
What was the Role of Nuclear Weapons?
The Uselessness and the Role of Nuclear Weapons - Dan Smith
An Exercise in Pseudo-Problems and Disconnection
PART TWO: NUCLEAR RIVALRY AND INTERNATIONAL ORDER IN THE NEW ERA: THE PROLIFERATION PROBLEM
Introduction - J[sl]orn Gjelstad
The Last Waltz: Time to Halt the Nuclear Spread?
Towards a Stronger Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime - Jozef Goldblat
The Problem of Non-Proliferation - Hans Blix
Past, Present and Future
The Historical Evolution of Nuclear Export Controls - David Fischer
1945-1993
Nuclear Development of India and Pakistan - Ashok Kapur
Pakistan's Nuclear Programme - General Mirza Aslam Beg
A National Security Perspective
India's Nuclear Weapons Policy - General K Sundarji
PART ONE: NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND GREAT-POWER PEACE, 1945-1991
Introduction - Olav Nj[sl]olstad
Mutually Assured Disagreement, or: Discussing the Nuclear Peace Thesis
The Impact of Nuclear Weapons on History - James R Schlesinger
The Nuclear Revolution Into its Second Phase - Godfried van Benthem van den Bergh
Nuclear Weapons and Cold War History - John Lewis Gaddis
Nine Propositions about the Historical Impact of Nuclear Weapons - John Mueller
Controlling the Soviet-US Enduring Rivalry - Bruce Russett
What was the Role of Nuclear Weapons?
The Uselessness and the Role of Nuclear Weapons - Dan Smith
An Exercise in Pseudo-Problems and Disconnection
PART TWO: NUCLEAR RIVALRY AND INTERNATIONAL ORDER IN THE NEW ERA: THE PROLIFERATION PROBLEM
Introduction - J[sl]orn Gjelstad
The Last Waltz: Time to Halt the Nuclear Spread?
Towards a Stronger Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime - Jozef Goldblat
The Problem of Non-Proliferation - Hans Blix
Past, Present and Future
The Historical Evolution of Nuclear Export Controls - David Fischer
1945-1993
Nuclear Development of India and Pakistan - Ashok Kapur
Pakistan's Nuclear Programme - General Mirza Aslam Beg
A National Security Perspective
India's Nuclear Weapons Policy - General K Sundarji