Beyond deterrence : the political economy of nuclear weapons /: the political economy of nuclear weapons. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Frank L. Gertcher and William J. Weida.
• Authors: Gertcher, Frank L; Weida, William J
• Contents: Preface -- Nuclear Dilemmas -- Introduction -- The Strategic Balance -- NATO's Nuclear Addiction -- Nuclear Proliferation -- The Design of Nuclear Defense -- Levels of Capability -- Evolving Technologies -- The Economics of Nuclear Weapons -- Nuclear Weapon Infrastructure -- Nuclear Weapons and the Competition for National Resources -- The Impact of U.S. Regional Defense Spending on the Inertia for Nuclear Weapons -- Nuclear Weapons and Competition for the Allies' National Resources -- Nuclear Weapons and the Competition for Soviet National Resources -- Reallocating Strategic and Tactical Nuclear Weapon Resources to Non-Defense Applications-A U.S. Example -- The Future: Nuclear Politics, Inertia and Alternatives -- Nuclear Weapons and the Future Strategic Position of the United States -- Nuclear Weapons and the Future Strategic Position of the European NATO Allies -- Nuclear Weapons and the Future Strategic Position of the Soviet Union -- Arms Control -- Finding Strategies to Deal with the Nuclear Weapon Dilemma -- The Case of Defense Spending in Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 355.0217; Nuclear weapons -- United States; Nuclear weapons -- Economic aspects -- United States; Military policy; Nuclear weapons -- Economic aspects; United States -- Military policy; United States -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429718250; 9780429698248; 9780429738265; 9780429037108
• Related ISBNs: 9780367157111
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