The second nuclear age
Subtitle: strategy, danger, and the new power politics
By: Paul Bracken
Edition: 1st St. Martin's Griffin's ed. ; Pbk. ed.
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781250037350
Subjects: Nuclear weapons; International relations; Balance of power; Political aspects; Deterrence (Strategy); History
Description: Drawing on years of experience analyzing defense strategy, the author advocates for renewed U.S. attention to nuclear weapons and discusses how their presence will transform the way crises develop and escalate.
Notes: "Featuring a new afterword"--Cover.

Includes index.

Originally published: New York : Times Books/Henry Holt, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and 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.