1st Edition
Nuclear Zero? Lessons from the Last Time We Were There
By George H. Quester
Copyright 2015
268 Pages
by
Routledge
267 Pages
by
Routledge
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George H. Quester argues that the possibility of nuclear war continues to loom despite the reduction in stockpiles by the major powers. Supporters of total nuclear disarmament often dismiss pessimistic objections to the possibility of reaching nuclear zero as being hypothetical, but this book looks at real illustrations for this possibility, taken from the years that gave the world the Manhattan... Read more
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Some Early History
3. Prisoners' Dilemma
4. No Need to Match Violations of "Nuclear Zero"?
5. What if the Rogue State is Not Seeking Nuclear Weapons?
6. Nuclear Weapons as a Rogue-State Veto?
7. Extended Nuclear Deterrence
8. Some Important Differences from the Past?
9. The Role of Ethnic Hatred
10. The Role of Conventional Wars
11. The Role of Democracy
12. Assessing the Future
Index
Biography
George H. Quester
