Andrew Futter

The Politics of Nuclear Weapons

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Looking at both political and strategic aspects of nuclear weaponry, this exciting new textbook outlines how thinking about nuclear weapons has developed, considers how nuclear threats can continue to be managed in the future, and is accompanied by a companion website which makes it easy for students to find reliable, authoritative further resources.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781446294314
• ISBN-10: 1446294315
• Artikelnr.: 41599861

Autorenporträt

Andrew Futter is an Associate Professor at the University of Leicester, UK

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the politics of nuclear weapons
Chapter 1: What are nuclear weapons?
Chapter 2: Testing, defining and delivering nuclear weapons
Chapter 3: Nuclear proliferation: why states do 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
Conclusion: surviving our nuclear future

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1. Introduction: The Politics of Nuclear Weapons.- 2. What are Nuclear Weapons and Why Are They So Powerful?.- 3. Testing, Authorising and Delivering Nuclear Weapons.- 4. Nuclear Proliferation and Nuclear Ages.- 5. The Nuclear Revolution, Nuclear Strategy and Nuclear War.- 6. Vertical proliferation challenges.- 7. Horizontal Proliferation Challenges: The Nuclear Outliers.- 8. Managing Nuclear Threats: Structures of Global Nuclear Governance.- 9. Nuclear Weapons and Non-State Actors.- 10. Nuclear Disarmament.- 11. Future Nuclear Challenges.- 12. Conclusion: Surviving our Nuclear Future.