The Role of U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the Post-Cold War Era

by Richard A. Paulsen, World Spaceflight News, Progressive Management, et al.

The decade of the 1990's ushered in an astonishing round of unilateral and bilateral nuclear arms reduction. While the dissolution of the Soviet Union has greatly reduced the possibility of global nuclear war, it has also increased third world instability, conflict, and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. The book begins with a historical look at the role nuclear weapons have played in U.S. defense policy since 1945, reviews current unclassified...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478361042
• ISBN13: 9781478361046
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 10.0"