The Fragile Balance of Terror : Deterrence in the New Nuclear Age

The Fragile Balance of Terror Deterrence in the New Nuclear Age

In The Fragile Balance of Terror, the foremost experts on nuclear policy and strategy offer insight into an era rife with more nuclear powers. Some of these new powers suffer domestic instability, others are led by pathological personalist dictators, and many are situated in highly unstable regions...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: American Academy of Arts and Sciences funder (funder)
Otros Autores: Narang, Vipin (Editor), Sagan, Scott D. (Otro)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [S.l.] : Cornell University Press 2023
2023.
Edición:First edition
Colección:Cornell studies in security affairs.
Materias:
Security, International.
Nuclear weapons > Political aspects.
Deterrence (Strategy)
Balance of power.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Fragile Balance of Terror
  • I. NEW CHALLENGES IN THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE
  • Chapter 1 Multipolar Deterrence in the Emerging Nuclear Era
  • Chapter 2 Psychology, Leaders, and New Deterrence Dilemmas
  • Chapter 3 Thermonuclear Twitter?
  • Chapter 4 Understanding New Nuclear Threats: The Open-Source Intelligence Revolution?
  • II. ENDURING CHALLENGES WITH A NEW TWIST
  • Chapter 5 How Much Is Enough? Revisiting Nuclear Reliability, Deterrence, and Preventive War
  • Chapter 6 Survivability in the New Era of Counterforce
  • Chapter 7 The Fulcrum of Fragility: Command and Control in Regional Nuclear Powers
  • Chapter 8 The Limits of Nuclear Learning in the New Nuclear Age
  • Conclusion: The Dangerous Nuclear Future
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Index

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