Arms control and disarmament : 50 years of experience in nuclear education /: 50 years of experience in nuclear education. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paolo Foradori, Giampiero Giacomello, Alessandro Pascolini, editors.
• Editors: Foradori, Paolo, 1968-; Giacomello, Giampiero, 1959-; Pascolini, Alessandro
• Contents: Introduction -- Part I -- Early Attempts to Arms Control: 1966-1974 -- 1. Technological Aspects of World Security (1966) -- 2. Anti-Ballistic Missiles (1968) -- 3. International Relations and Game Theory (1970) -- 4. The Origins of Mirv (1972) -- 5. The Importance of Agreements (1972) -- 6. The Fallacy of Thinking Conventionally about Nuclear Weapons (1976) -- 7. Strategic Arms Limitation and Military Strategic Concepts (1976) -- Part II -- The Hard Times: 1978-1989 -- 8. Radiation Hazards in Fission Fuel Cycles (1978) -- 9. The Dilemma of European Theatre Nuclear Arms Control (1980) -- 10. Nuclear Arms Control: Obstacles to Agreement (1982) -- 11. International Systemic Features Inhibiting Disarmament and Arms Control (1982) -- 12. The Problem of the Nuclear First-Use Option (1988) -- 13. The Problem of Extended Deterrence and International Security (1988) -- 14. Minimum Deterrence and International Security (1988) -- Part III -- After the Cold War -- 15. Weapons on Earth and in Space (1992) -- 16. The Non-Proliferation Treaty and the German Choice Not to Proliferate (1992) -- 17. US-Russian Cooperation on Fissile Material Security and Disposition (1996) -- 18. The New Verification Game and Technologies at our Disposal (1996) -- 19. Nuclear Deterrence, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation (2010) -- 20. Nuclear Abolition or Nuclear Umbrella? Choices and Contradictions in US Proposals (2010) -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 327/.174; Political science; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; Nuclear nonproliferation; Politics and war; Peace; Nuclear fusion; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; Arms control; Nuclear disarmament; Nuclear nonproliferation; Political Science -- Peace; Technology & Engineering -- Engineering (General); Science -- Nuclear Physics; Peace studies & conflict resolution; Security & fire alarm systems; Nuclear physics; Political Science -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security; Warfare & defence; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319622590; 3319622595
• Related ISBNs: 9783319622583; 3319622587
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 02, 2017).
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