This definitive survey examines the impact of nuclear weaponry on national security issues. Written by an experienced author and founder of the Peace and Common Security Institute in Berkeley, California, this text describes how current nuclear dilemmas have developed out of past choices and events. The final chapter of this chronologically organized text covers events that took place from 1985-1991, making the material relevant to the post-Cold War era.

National Security and The Nuclear Dilemma: An Introduction to the American Experience in the Cold War

Arts & Photography

Smoke,Richard

Fashion

McGraw=Hill

National Security and the Nuclear Dilemma: An Introduction to the American Experience

National Security and the Nuclear Dilemma: An Introduction to the American Experience

History

Military

Random House, Inc.

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company

Deterrence in American Foreign Policy

George, Alexander

Americas

Columbia University Press

A primer on thinking about peace in a nuclear age, this book describes the kinds of peace efforts that have been tried–and those that might be tried–from the highest echelons of government policymaking to the grassroots level of individual endeavour. Its primary goal is to enable the reader to understand ways of eliminating the threat of nuclear war and to be empowered to take action. The book describes and compares nine basic methods people have used to achieve peace, ranging from such conventional approaches as the theories of deterrence and balance of power to more unconventional strategies such as nonviolent resistance. Essentially all significant ideas for achieving and maintaining international peace fall into one of these nine categories or combine features from several. Many have been tried, but all clearly have been found wanting. Yet the authors' tone is one of optimism as they explore some of the major changes of the past quarter century. They contend that these changes alter the balance of advantages and disadvantages among the various paths to peace, so that what seemed partially workable in the past may not be appropriate to the present and what seemed totally impractical in the past might have a chance of working today. The book concludes with a scenario that may make a stable peace possible in the foreseeable future.

Paths To Peace: Exploring The Feasibility Of Sustainable Peace

Politics & Social Sciences

Harman, Willis W.

Politics & Government

Routledge

One of the best general books on the postwar history of American security policy that we have now available. Written in clear prose, unencumbered by technical jargon . . . the book provides an analytic historical overview.

Random House USA Inc

War: Controlling Escalation

Harvard University Press

Discusses the nuclear arms race, its historical background, technological ramifications, and impact on contemporary life

Think About Nuclear Arms Control: Understanding the Arms Race (The Think Series)

Children's Books

Walker Co

Westview Press

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