The evolution of nuclear strategy./ (Record no. 8719)
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| International Standard Book Number | 9781137573490 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | U263. F698 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The evolution of nuclear strategy./ |
| Remainder of title | Lawrence Freedman. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 4th ed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | London : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Palgrave macmillian, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2019. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 786 p. : |
| Dimensions | 21cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes bibliography and index. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Contents:The arrival of the bomb -- The strategy of Hiroshima -- Offence and defence -- Aggression and retaliation -- Strategy for an atomic monopoly -- Strategy for an atomic stalemate -- Massive retaliation -- Limited objectives -- Limited means -- The importance of being first -- Sputnik and the soviet threat -- Soviet strategy after stalin -- The technological arms race -- New sources of strategy -- The strategy of stable conflict -- Disarmament to arms control -- Operational nuclear strategy-- Khrushchev's second- best deterrent -- Defending Europe -- No cities -- Assured destruction -- Britain's independent nuclear deterrent -- France and the credibility of nuclear guarantees -- A Nato nuclear force -- The unthinkable weapon -- China's paper tiger -- The Soviet approach to deterrence -- The McNamara legacy -- Salt, Parity and the critique of MAD -- Actions and reactions -- Selective options -- ICBM vulnerability -- The rise of anti - nuclear protest -- Strategic defences -- Soviet doctrine from Benzhnev to Gorbachev -- The end of the cold war -- Mutual assured safety -- Elimination or maginalization -- The second nuclear age -- The nuclear war on terror -- Proliferation: the middle east and the pacific -- The return of great power politics -- Primary and maximum deterrence -- Can there be a nuclear strategy? -- Bibliography -- Index.<br/><br/> |
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| Library of Congress Classification | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | WISCONSIN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, GHANA - MAIN LIBRARY | Reference | 16/02/2022 | U263. F698 | 9140/589/22 | 16/02/2022 | 1 | 16/02/2022 | Books |