BookAuthors: Leah, Christine M. (2017)
Contents: Acknowledgments; Contents; Acronyms and Abbreviations ; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Nuclear Weapons: A Piece of the Peace; The Arguments for Abolition; On the Path to "Zero"; Notes; Chapter 2: Deterrence Without Nuclear Weapons?; Deterrence; General and Immediate Deterrence; Nuclear Deterrence; Political and Physical Challenges of Deterrence; Second-Strike Capability; Mutual Assured Destruction; Nuclear Superiority; Escalation, Escalation Control, Escalation Dominance; Damage Limitation; Countervalue Versus Counterforce Targeting; Extended Nuclear Deterrence; The Evolution of Precision
Contents: The Limits of Deterrence; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3: Deterrence Without Nuclea...