Strategy in the second nuclear age
Subtitle: power, ambition, and the ultimate weapon
By: Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes, editors
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781589019287
Subjects: International Security; Nuclear weapons; Government policy; Strategic forces; Nuclear warfare
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes; title: After proliferation: deterrence theory and emerging nuclear powers / Joshua Rovner; title: South Africa's nuclear strategy: deterring "total onslaught" and "nuclear blackmail" in three stages / Helen E. Purkitt and Stephen F. Burgess; title: The future of Chinese nuclear strategy / Christopher T. Yeaw, Andrew S. Erickson, and Michael S. Chase; title: North Korea's nuclear weapons program: motivations, strategy, and doctrine / Terence Roehrig; title: Changing perceptions of extended deterrence in Japan / James L. Schoff; title: Thinking about the unthinkable: Tokyo's nuclear option / James R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara; title: India's nuclear strategy / Anupam Srivastava and Seema Gahlaut; title: The future of India's undersea nuclear deterrent / Andrew C. Winner; title: Pakistan's nuclear posture: thinking about the unthinkable? / Timothy D. Hoyt; title: Regime type, nuclear reversals, and nuclear strategy: the ambiguous case of Iran / Scott A. Jones and James R. Holmes; title: Conclusion: thinking about strategy in the second nuclear age / Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes.