| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 134 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 524
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; 524.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Word / George P. Shultz -- Introduction: The Nuclear Danger -- I. From the Past to the Present -- Was the Past a Precedent or an Exception? -- U.S. Policies -- Emerging U.S.-Russian Relations -- A Nuclear Nightmare -- Containment and Deterrence -- II. Looking Forward -- Security Environment of the Future -- Motivations for Acquiring Nuclear Weapons -- Practice of Preventive or Preemptive Military Action -- Assessing the Utility of Preventive or Preemptive Military Action -- Terrorist Threat -- III. Denial Polices -- Denial Policies at the Level of States -- Problem of Monitoring Nuclear Proliferation Activities -- Role of Ballistic Missile Defense -- IV. Defining Diplomacy's Task. |
| Summary |
"The mortal danger of nuclear weapons in unique in its terrifying potential for devastation on an unprecedented and unimaginable scale. In this book, Sidney D. Drell and James E. Goodby - each with more than forty years' experience in national security issues both in public and private capacities - review the main policy issues surrounding nonproliferation of nuclear weapons. They address the specific actions that the community of nations - with American leadership - should take to confront and turn back the nuclear danger that imperils humanity." |
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"The nuclear genie, say the authors, cannot be put back in the battle. Our most urgent task as a nation today is to successfully manage, contain, and reduce the grave danger of nuclear weapons - whether in the hands of adversaries or friendly-states. This book hopes to stimulate active public dialogue on this important subject."--Jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nuclear weapons.
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Nuclear weapons. |
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Nuclear nonproliferation.
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Nuclear nonproliferation. |
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Nuclear terrorism.
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Nuclear terrorism. |
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Nuclear disarmament.
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Nuclear disarmament. |
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World politics -- 21st century.
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World politics. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Goodby, James E.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Drell, Sidney D. (Sidney David), 1926- Gravest danger. Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, ©2003 0817944729 (DLC) 2003061774 (OCoLC)52902701 |
| ISBN |
9780817944735 (electronic book) |
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0817944737 (electronic book) |
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9780817944780 (electronic book) |
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0817944788 (electronic book) |
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0817944729 |
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9780817944728 |
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