Futter, Andrew, 1983-

The politics of nuclear weapons / Andrew Futter. - 1 online resource (268 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index.

chapter 1. What are nuclear weapons? -- chapter 2. Testing, defining and delivering nuclear weapons -- chapter 3. Nuclear proliferation : why states build or don't build the bomb -- chapter 4. Nuclear strategy : understanding the MADness -- chapter 5. Vertical proliferation challenges : assessing article VI of the NPT -- chapter 6. Horizontal proliferation challenges : the nuclear outliers -- chapter 7. Managing nuclear proliferation challenges : limiting, preventing and defending -- chapter 8. Nuclear weapons and new global actors -- chapter 9. Nuclear disarmament -- chapter 10. Enduring nuclear challenges.

This book provides an introduction to political and strategic aspects of nuclear weaponry. It offers an accessible overview of the concept of nuclear weapons, outlines how thinking about these weapons has developed and considers how nuclear threats can continue to be managed in the future.

9781473917170 (ebook) : No price

2014945945


Nuclear weapons--Political aspects.
Nuclear arms control--International cooperation.
Nuclear nonproliferation--International cooperation.

JZ5665 / .F877 2015

327.1/747