The Nuclear Seduction : Why the Arms Race Doesn't Matter--And What Does / William A. Schwartz and Charles Derber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, William A., 1958- author.

Derber, Charles, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons.

Arms race--History--20th century.

Arms race.

Nuclear warfare.

World politics--1945-1989.

World politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (311 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1990]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1990.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Why the Arms Race Doesn't Matter

Chapter 2. What About First Strike?

Chapter 3. What About Credibility and the Firebreak?

Chapter 4. What About Misperceptions?

Chapter 5. What About Star Wars?

Chapter 6. The Real History of the Nuclear Age

Chapter 7. Third World Violence, Nuclear Danger

Chapter 8. What About the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Chapter 9. What About Arms Control?

Chapter 10. U.S. Foreign Policy and Nuclear War

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520329737

0520329732

OCLC:

1149400720