Cooperative Threat Reduction, Missile Defense and the Nuclear Future

by Michael Krepon

Book Overview

In this book, Michael Krepon analyzes nuclear issues such as missile defenses, space warfare, and treaties, and argues that the United States is on a dangerous course. During the Cold War, Mutual Assured Destruction, or MAD, facilitated strategic arms control. Now that the Cold War has been replaced by asymmetric warfare, treaties based on nuclear overkill and national vulnerability are outdated and must be adapted to a far different world. A new...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403972001
• ISBN13: 9781403972002
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"