The politics of nuclear weapons / Andrew Futter.
2021
JZ5665 .F877 2021eb
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Title
The politics of nuclear weapons / Andrew Futter.
Edition
Second edition, new, updated and completely revised.
ISBN
9783030487379 electronic book
3030487377 electronic book
9783030487362
3030487369
3030487377 electronic book
9783030487362
3030487369
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xviii, 333 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-48737-9 doi
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JZ5665 .F877 2021eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
327.1747
Summary
"This comprehensively updated second edition provides an introduction to the political, normative, technological 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. This book will help you to understand what nuclear weapons are, the science behind their creation and operation, why states build them in the first place, and whether it will be possible for the world to banish these weapons entirely."-- ProQuest Ebook Central resource page, viewed March 7, 2022.
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Previous edition issued in print: Los Angeles: SAGE, 2015.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Andrew Futter is Professor of International Politics at the University of Leicester, UK.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed March 7, 2022).
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Table of Contents
Introduction : the politics of nuclear weapons
What are nuclear weapons and why are they so powerful?
Testing, authorising and delivering nuclear weapons
Nuclear proliferation and nuclear ages
The nuclear revolution, nuclear strategy and nuclear war
Vertical proliferation challenges
Horizontal proliferation challenges : the nuclear outliers
Managing nuclear threats : structures of global nuclear governance
Nuclear weapons and non-state actors
Nuclear disarmament
Future nuclear challenges
Conclusion : surviving our nuclear future.
What are nuclear weapons and why are they so powerful?
Testing, authorising and delivering nuclear weapons
Nuclear proliferation and nuclear ages
The nuclear revolution, nuclear strategy and nuclear war
Vertical proliferation challenges
Horizontal proliferation challenges : the nuclear outliers
Managing nuclear threats : structures of global nuclear governance
Nuclear weapons and non-state actors
Nuclear disarmament
Future nuclear challenges
Conclusion : surviving our nuclear future.