Nuclear Statecraft: History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age

by Francis J. Gavin

Book Overview

We are at a critical juncture in world politics. Nuclear strategy and policy have risen to the top of the global policy agenda, and issues ranging from a nuclear Iran to the global zero movement are generating sharp debate. The historical origins of our contemporary nuclear world are deeply consequential for contemporary policy, but it is crucial that decisions are made on the basis of fact rather than myth and misapprehension. In Nuclear Statecraft,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801451019
• ISBN13: 9780801451010
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher