No Use : Nuclear Weapons and U. S. National Security.
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- 9780812209068
- 355.02/170973
- UA23 -- .N5495 2014eb
Intro -- No Use -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction. Why Nuclear Weapons Still Matter -- 1. Nuclear Strategy, 1950-1990: The Search for Meaning -- 2. Nuclear Weapons After the Cold War: Promise and Failure -- 3. The Return of Minimum Deterrence -- 4. Small States and Nuclear War -- Conclusion. The Price of Nuclear Peace -- Notes -- Index.
In No Use, national security scholar Thomas M. Nichols examines the role of nuclear weapons and their prominence in U.S. security strategy, ultimately arguing that this belief in the utility of nuclear force is misguided and dangerously obsolete.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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