On limited nuclear war in the 21st century /

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Imprint:Stanford, California : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2014.
©2014
Description:1 online resource (309 pages)
Language:English
Series:Stanford security studies
Stanford security studies.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11224643
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Other authors / contributors:Larsen, Jeffrey Arthur, 1954- editor.
Kartchner, Kerry M., 1956- editor.
ISBN:9780804790918
0804790914
9780804789127
0804789126
9780804790895
0804790892
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:The last two decades have seen a slow but steady increase in nuclear armed states, and in the seemingly less constrained policy goals of some of the newer ""rogue"" states in the international system. The authors ofOn Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century argue that a time may come when one of these states makes the conscious decision that using a nuclear weapon against the United States, its allies, or forward deployed forces in the context of a crisis or a regional conventional conflict may be in its interests. They assert that we are unprepared for these types of limited
Other form:Print version: Larsen, Jeffrey. On Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century. Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2014 9780804790918