An elusive consensus
Subtitle: nuclear weapons and American security after the Cold War
By: Janne E. Nolan.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: National security -- United States; Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States; Nuclear arms control -- United States; Nuclear nonproliferation; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Description: "Here Janne E. Nolan traces the effort to articulate a post-cold war nuclear doctrine through decisions made in the Bush and Clinton administrations, focusing on the leadership styles of presidents, bureaucratic politics, and broad foreign policy objectives."--BOOK JACKET.

"Based on in-depth interviews with policy participants, this study illuminates in detail the dynamics by which the U.S. government has tried to reflect the dramatically altered international arena in its nuclear policies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-132) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The role of nuclear weapons after the Cold War; title: The 1994 nuclear posture review; title: Nuclear deterrence in the Third World and the African nuclear weapon free zone; title: Conclusions and policy recommendations.