Getting Mad
Nuclear Mutual Assured Destruction, Its Origins And Practice
Nearly 40 years after the concept of finite deterrence was popularized by the Johnson administration, nuclear Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) thinking appears to be in decline. The United States has rejected the notion that threatening population centers with nuclear attacks is a legitimate way to assure deterrence. Most recently, it withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, an agreement based on MAD. American opposition to MAD also is reflected in the Bush administration's desire to develop smaller, more accurate nuclear weapons that would reduce the number of innocent civilians killed in a nuclear strike. Still, MAD is influential i…
Mehr
CHF 39.90
Preise inkl. MwSt. und Versandkosten (Portofrei ab CHF 40.00)
V103:
Folgt in ca. 5 Arbeitstagen
Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Center, Nonproliferation Policy Educatio
- ISBN: 978-1-312-32984-3
- EAN: 9781312329843
- Produktnummer: 17150231
- Verlag: Lulu.com
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 370 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.1 cm 568 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 568
16 weitere Werke von Henry D. Sokolski:
Bewertungen
Anmelden