The second nuclear age
Subtitle: strategy, danger, and the new power politics
By: Paul Bracken
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780805094305
Subjects: Nuclear weapons; International relations; Balance of power; Political aspects; Deterrence (Strategy); History
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the bomb returns for a second act; title: Part one: Enduring truths: game changer; a most useful weapon; lessons of the first nuclear age; title: Part two: The new power politics: the new logic of armageddon; the Middle East; South Asia; East Asia; title: Part three: The way forward: have we forgotten too much?; global dynamics; a fifty-year problem; title: Conclusion: the maturing second nuclear age.