Richard L Russell

Weapons Proliferation and War in the Greater Middle East

Strategic Contest

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores the strategic reasons behind proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, and ballistic missile delivery systems, in the Greater Middle East. This book examines the uses of chemical weapons in regional combat, ballistic missile warfare and defenses, and the likely reactions should Tehran acquire a nuclear weapons inventory.

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This important new book explores the strategic reasons behind the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons as well as ballistic missile delivery systems in the Greater Middle East.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 163mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780415365864
• ISBN-10: 0415365864
• Artikelnr.: 21608276

Autorenporträt

Richard Russell is a professor at the National Defense University's Near East-South Asia Center fior Strategic Studies in Washington, DC. He also teaches at the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He previously served as a political-military analyst at the CIA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Power Politics: The Master Key for Strategic Wisdom 2. The Strategic
Landscape: Regional Struggles for Power 3. Gulf Lessons: Chemical Weapons
Deterrence and War Fighting 4. Swords and Shields: Ballistic Missiles and
Defenses 5. Iran in Iraq's Shadow: Tehran's Nuclear Weapons Bid 6. Fallout
from Iran's Nuclear Weapons 7. Desert Realists: Saudi Strategy and Nuclear
Weapons 8. China's Strategic Prongs: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Pakistan 9.
Why Nuclear Weapons Will Not Prevent Major War 10. Instruments for
Statecraft: Intelligence, Diplomacy, and Force Selected Bibliography Index