U.S. nuclear weapons policy : confronting today's threats

U.S. nuclear weapons policy : confronting today's threats /

What role should nuclear weapons play in todays world? How can the United States promote international security while safeguarding its own interests? U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy informs this debate with an analysis of current nuclear weapons policies and strategies, including those for deterring, pr...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Bunn, George, 1925- (Editor), Chyba, Christopher F. (Editor), Perry, William James, 1927- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Washington, D.C. : Center for International Security and Cooperation, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford, Calif. ; Brookings Institution Press, 2006
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons > United States.
World politics > 21st century.
United States > Military policy.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / William J. Perry
  • Preface
  • A world of risk: the current environment for U.S. nuclear weapons policy / Christopher F. Chyba and Karthika Sasikumar
  • Deterrence, preventive war, and preemption / David Holloway
  • The nuclear nonproliferation regime and its history / George Bunn
  • New challenges to the nonproliferation regime / Christopher F. Chyba, Chaim Braun, and George Bunn
  • Strategies for tackling proliferation challenges / Christopher F. Chyba, Chaim Braun, and George Bunn
  • Defenses against nuclear attack on the United States / W.K.H. Panofsky and Dean A. Wilkening
  • Assessing the United States' nuclear posture / Roger Speed and Michael May
  • U.S. nuclear weapons policies for a new era / George Bunn and Christopher F. Chyba.

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