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Strategic stability : contending interpretations / Elbridge A. Colby, Michael S. Gerson, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Balance of power.
- Deterrence (Strategy).
- Nuclear nonproliferation.
- Arms control.
- International relations.
- international relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 440 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute and U.S. Army War College Press, 2013.
- Summary:
- What is strategic stability and why is it important? This edited collection offers the most current authoritative survey of this topic, which is central to U.S. strategy in the field of nuclear weapons and great power relations. A variety of authors and leading experts in the field of strategic issues and regional studies offer both theoretical and practical insights into the basic concepts associated with strategic stability, what implications these have for the United States, as well as key regions such as the Middle East, and perspectives on strategic stability in Russia and China. Readers will develop a deeper and more developed understanding of this concept from this engaging and informative work.
- Contents:
- The origins of strategic stability : the United States and the threat of surprise attack / Michael S. Gerson
- Defining strategic stability : reconciling stability and deterrence / Elbridge Colby
- The geopolitics of strategic stability : looking beyond cold warriors and nuclear weapons / C. Dale Walton and Colin S. Gray
- Reclaiming strategic stability / James M. Acton
- Future technology and strategic stability / Ronald F. Lehman II
- Anything but simple : arms control and strategic stability / Christopher A. Ford
- Conventional weapons, arms control, and strategic stability in Europe / Jeffrey D. McCausland
- Russia and strategic stability / Matthew Rojansky
- Placing a renminbi sign on strategic stability and nuclear reductions / Lora Saalman
- Proliferation and strategic stability in the Middle East / Austin Long.
- Notes:
- "February 2013."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Title from title screen (viewed February 6, 2013).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Colby, Elbridge A. Strategic stability
- OCLC:
- 826859940
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