No use: nuclear weapons and U.S. national security

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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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Full title :No use : nuclear weapons and U.S. national security / Thomas M. Nichols.

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Publication Date:©2014.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):University of Pennsylvania Press
Place of Publication:Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014.

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Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0812209060, 9780812209068
DOI:10.9783/9780812209068
oclc:ocn868199428
LC Classification:UA23
Dewey Decimal:355.02/170973

Introduction: why nuclear weapons still matter -- Nuclear strategy, 1950-1990: the search for meaning -- Nuclear weapons after the Cold War: promise and failure -- The return of minimum deterrence -- Small states and nuclear war -- Conclusion: the price of nuclear peace.

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Armes nucléaires -- Politique gouvernem… Désarmement nucléaire -- États-Unis Military policy National security National security -- United States Nuclear disarmament Nuclear disarmament -- United States Nuclear weapons -- Government policy Nuclear weapons -- Government policy --… POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Security (National… Security, International United States United States -- Military policy