The politics of nuclear weapons / Andrew Futter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Futter, Andrew, 1983- author.

Series:

Sage knowledge.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Political aspects.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear arms control--International cooperation.

Nuclear arms control.

Nuclear nonproliferation--International cooperation.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : Sage Publications, [2015]

Summary:

This book provides an introduction to political and strategic aspects of nuclear weaponry. It offers an accessible overview of the concept of nuclear weapons, outlines how thinking about these weapons has developed and considers how nuclear threats can continue to be managed in the future.

Contents:

chapter 1. What are nuclear weapons?

chapter 2. Testing, defining and delivering nuclear weapons

chapter 3. Nuclear proliferation : why states build or don't build the bomb

chapter 4. Nuclear strategy : understanding the MADness

chapter 5. Vertical proliferation challenges : assessing article VI of the NPT

chapter 6. Horizontal proliferation challenges : the nuclear outliers

chapter 7. Managing nuclear proliferation challenges : limiting, preventing and defending

chapter 8. Nuclear weapons and new global actors

chapter 9. Nuclear disarmament

chapter 10. Enduring nuclear challenges.

Notes:

Part of the SAGE Knowledge collection.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index.

Description based on MARC record for print version.

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781473917170 (ebook) :

OCLC:

1004351882

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.