1st Edition
US Nuclear Weapons Policy After the Cold War Russians, 'Rogues' and Domestic Division
By Nick Ritchie
Copyright 2009
252 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
This book offers an in-depth examination of America’s nuclear weapons policy since the end of the Cold War.
Exploring nuclear forces structure, arms control, regional planning and the weapons production complex, the volume identifies competing sets of ideas about nuclear weapons and domestic political constraints on major shifts in policy. It provides a detailed analysis of the complex... Read more
Chapter I: Introduction.
Chapter II: US Policy in the Post-Cold War period.
Chapter III: Evolution of US Nuclear Force Structure.
Chapter IV: Nuclear Weapons Complex.
Chapter V: Arms Control Policy.
Conclusion
Bibliography
Biography
Nick Ritchie is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford. He is co-author of The Political Road to War in Iraq (Routledge 2006).
"Recommended. Graduate research, and professional collections." - CHOICE, Aug. 2009 Vol. 46 No. 11
