Nuclear Deterrence in the 21st Century Lessons from the Cold War for a New Era of Strategic Piracy

• Autor principal: Delpech, Thérèse (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Eletrônico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: RAND Corporation 2012
• Assuntos: Nuclear weapons; Arms negotiation & control; Warfare & defence; Political Science; History
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Deterrence remains a primary doctrine for dealing with the threat of nuclear weapons in the 21st century. The author reviews the history of nuclear deterrence and calls for a renewed intellectual effort to address the relevance of concepts such as first strike, escalation, extended deterrence, and o...