Francis J. Gavin

Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring what we know-and don't know-about how nuclear weapons shape American grand strategy and international relations Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy helps policymakers wrestle with the latest challenges. Written in a clear, accessible, and jargon-free manner, the book also offers insights for students, scholars, and others interested in both the history and future of nuclear danger.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Brookings Institution Press
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 525g
• ISBN-13: 9780815737919
• ISBN-10: 0815737912
• Artikelnr.: 57121412

Autorenporträt

Francis J. Gavin is the Giovanni Agnelli Distinguished Professor and the inaugural director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at SAIS-Johns Hopkins University. His previous books include Gold, Dollars, and Power: The Politics of International Monetary Relations and Nuclear Statecraft: History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. History and the Unanswered Questions of the Nuclear Age
2. Fixing the Franchise: The Ivory Tower-Policy Gap
3. What We Talk about When We Talk about Nuclear Weapons
4. Strategies of Inhibition
5. NATO's Radical Response to the Nuclear Revolution
6. Beyond Deterrence
7. The History of What Did Not Happen
8. Deterring while Disarming
9. Rethinking Nuclear Weapons and American Grand Strategy
Notes
Index