Andrew Futter

The Politics of Nuclear Weapons (eBook, PDF)

New, updated and completely revised

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensively updated second edition provides an introduction to the political, normative, technological 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. This book will help you to understand what nuclear weapons are, the science behind their creation and operation, why states build them in the first place, and whether it will be possible for the world to banish these weapons entirely. Essential reading for all students of International Relations, Security Studies and Military History.

Andrew Futter is Professor of International Politics at the University of Leicester, UK.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Seitenzahl: 333
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030487379
• Artikelnr.: 62299371

Autorenporträt

Andrew Futter is Professor of International Politics 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.