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Slaying the Nuclear Dragon : Disarmament Dynamics in the Twenty-First Century.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Security and International Affairs SeriesPublisher: Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (361 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780820343808
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Slaying the Nuclear DragonDDC classification:
  • 327.1/747
LOC classification:
  • JZ5675 -- .S63 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. The Nuclear Dragon: No Longer out on the Prowl -- CHAPTER ONE. The Optimistic Nuclear Weapon States: The United States and the United Kingdom -- CHAPTER TWO. Advocating the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: The Role of Key Individual and Coalition States -- CHAPTER THREE. The Rollback States: South Africa and Kazakhstan -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Pessimistic Nuclear Weapon States: France, Russia, and China -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Threshold States: Japan and Brazil -- CHAPTER SIX. The Nuclear Energy Aspirants: Egypt and Vietnam -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Nuclear Holdouts: India, Israel, and Pakistan -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Defiant States: North Korea and Iran -- CHAPTER NINE. The Silent Proliferators: Syria and Myanmar -- CONCLUSION. The Nuclear Dragon: One Eye Open, One Eye Closed -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
Summary: Recent debates on nuclear weapons have focused overwhelmingly on nonproliferation dynamics. Slaying the Nuclear Dragon instead analyzes current nuclear disarmament dynamics. Examining the political, state-level factors that drive and stall progress, contributors highlight the challenges and opportunities faced by proponents of disarmament.
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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. The Nuclear Dragon: No Longer out on the Prowl -- CHAPTER ONE. The Optimistic Nuclear Weapon States: The United States and the United Kingdom -- CHAPTER TWO. Advocating the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: The Role of Key Individual and Coalition States -- CHAPTER THREE. The Rollback States: South Africa and Kazakhstan -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Pessimistic Nuclear Weapon States: France, Russia, and China -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Threshold States: Japan and Brazil -- CHAPTER SIX. The Nuclear Energy Aspirants: Egypt and Vietnam -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Nuclear Holdouts: India, Israel, and Pakistan -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Defiant States: North Korea and Iran -- CHAPTER NINE. The Silent Proliferators: Syria and Myanmar -- CONCLUSION. The Nuclear Dragon: One Eye Open, One Eye Closed -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.

Recent debates on nuclear weapons have focused overwhelmingly on nonproliferation dynamics. Slaying the Nuclear Dragon instead analyzes current nuclear disarmament dynamics. Examining the political, state-level factors that drive and stall progress, contributors highlight the challenges and opportunities faced by proponents of disarmament.

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