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The minimum means of reprisal : China's search for security in the nuclear age / Jeffrey G. Lewis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Jeffrey G.
- Series:
- American Academy studies in global security.
- American academy studies in global security
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Strategic forces--China.
- Strategic forces.
- Nuclear weapons--China.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Nuclear arms control--China.
- Nuclear arms control.
- China--Military policy.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An analysis of China's nuclear and space capabilities, deployment strategies, and stance in arms control negotiations, and the implications for U.S. defense strategy.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Figures and Tables
- Acronyms
- 1 The Minimum Means of Reprisal
- 2 Chinese Strategic Forces, 2006
- 3 Chinese Strategic Nuclear Forces: Evolution and Design
- 4 China's Participation in the Conference on Disarmament
- 5 Competing Explanations for China's Arms Control Behavior
- 6 U.S. Nuclear Posture and the Logic of Restraint
- 7 A Legal Undertaking to Prevent an Arms Race in Outer Space
- 8 China's Search for Security in the Nuclear Age
- APPENDICES Selected Documents Submitted by the Chinese Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament, 1985-2006
- About the Author
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-09808-X
- 9786612098086
- 0-262-27830-8
- 1-4294-6149-7
- OCLC:
- 93100530
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