The revolution that failed : nuclear competition, arms control, and the Cold War /

The revolution that failed : nuclear competition, arms control, and the Cold War /

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Author / Creator:Green, Brendan Rittenhouse, author.
Imprint:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
©2020
Description:xii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:English
Subject:
Nuclear warfare -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear arms control -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear arms control -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Deterrence (Strategy) -- History -- 20th century.
Cold War.
Deterrence (Strategy)
Nuclear arms control.
Nuclear warfare.
United States.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12552068
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ISBN:9781108489867
1108489869
9781108800716
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"'The most important points are often the simplest ones,' Robert Jervis avers. 'No one can win an all-out nuclear war. While this statement is open to dispute, I maintain that it is correct and that its implications have not been fully appreciated.' In this statement lie both the glory and the shame of the theory of the nuclear revolution. On the one hand, it encapsulates the bold simplicity of MAD's stark and compelling logic. On the other hand, it admits that for all its simplicity, the theory has yet to shape the actions of states wholly as it expects"--
Other form:ebook version : 9781108800716

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