Tactical nuclear weapons : emergent threats in an evolving security environment / edited by Brian Alexander and Alistair Millar ; with a foreword by Stansfield Turner.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alexander, Brian.

Millar, Alistair

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tactical nuclear weapons.

World politics--21st century.

World politics.

Physical Description:

x, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, [2003]

Summary:

A danger more menacing than ever, tactical nuclear weapons and all the pertinent issues

Contents:

I. The Problem of Tactical Nuclear Weapons

1 Uncovered Nukes: An Introduction to Tactical Nuclear Weapons / Brian Alexander, Alistair Millar 3

2 The 1991-1992 PNIs and the Elimination, Storage, and Security of Tactical Nuclear Weapons / Joshua Handler 20

II. Tactical Nuclear Weapons in the Post-Cold War Era

3 Tactical Nuclear Weapons in the Modern World: A Russian Perspective / Ivan Safranchuk 45

4 Lowering the Threshold: Nuclear Bunker Busters and Mininukes / Robert W. Nelson 68

5 Russia, NATO, and Tactical Nuclear Weapons after 11 September / Alistair Millar 80

6 The Buddha Frowns? Tactical Nuclear Weapons in South Asia / Timothy D. Hoyt 95

7 Chinese Tactical Nuclear Weapons / Charles D. Ferguson, Evan S. Medeiros, Phillip C. Saunders 110

III. Arms Control, Nuclear Dangers, and Tactical Nuclear Weapons

8 Incentives for Nuclear Restraint: The Role of Inducement Strategies in Controlling Russian Tactical Nuclear Weapons / David Cortright, Andrea Gabbitas 129

9 Tactical Nuclear Weapons and the Promise of Arms Control / Jonathan Dean 155

Appendix A The 1991-1992 Presidential Nuclear Initiatives 167

Appendix B Suggested Reading on Tactical Nuclear Weapons 182.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-214) and index.

ISBN:

1574885847

1574885855

OCLC:

51637801