The Consequences of American Nuclear Disarmament: Strategy and Nuclear Weapons

by Christine M Leah

Book Overview

This book is about the future of nuclear weapons, geopolitics, and strategy. It examines the legacy of nuclear weapons on US thinking about some concepts of strategy and geopolitics, namely deterrence, extended deterrence, alliances, and arms control. The purpose of this is to demonstrate just how fundamentally nuclear weapons have influenced American thinking about these concepts. It argues that, given the extent of nuclear weapons' influence on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319844733
• ISBN13: 9783319844732
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"