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  • The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century

    by Brad Roberts ...
    "An excellent contribution to the debate on the future role of nuclear weapons and nuclear deterrence in American foreign policy." ― Contemporary Security PolicyThis book is a counter to the conventional wisdom that the United States can and should do more to reduce both the role of nuclear weapons in its security strategies and the number of weapons in its arsenal. The case against nuclear ... Read more

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  • The Case for U.S. Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century

    by Brad Roberts ...
    This book is a counter to the conventional wisdom that the United States can and should do more to reduce both the role of nuclear weapons in its security strategies and the number of weapons in its arsenal. The case against nuclear weapons has been made on many grounds—including historical, political, and moral. But, Brad Roberts argues, it has not so far been informed by the experience of the ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • China's Strategic Arsenal

    Worldview, Doctrine, and Systems

    by James M. Smith, Paul J. Bolt, Andrew Scobell, Christopher P. Twomey, Sugio Takahashi, Hans M. Kristensen, Phillip C. Saunders, David C. Logan, Bates Gill0, Nancy W. Gallagher1, Brad Roberts2 ...
    A critical look at how China’s growing strategic arsenal could impact a rapidly changing world orderChina’s strategic capabilities and doctrine have historically differed from the United States’ and Russia’s. China has continued to modernize and expand its arsenal despite its policy of no first use, while the United States and Russia have decreased deployed weapons stocks.This volume brings ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

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    Why America’s Nuclear Modernization Still Matters

    Edited by Adam B. Lowther, Stephen J. Cimbala ...
    One important area of interest within military and policy circles focuses on an effort to revitalize the nuclear triad amidst a number of competing strategic interests. The difficulties arising from US engagement in Iraq and Afghanistan are leading many scholars and policy makers to question whether a reinvigorated nuclear triad has any role in deterring modern adversaries. This volume takes an ... Read more

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  • A War Like No Other

    The Truth About China's Challenge to America

    by Richard C. Bush, Michael E. O'Hanlon ...
    "Nobody approaches the objectivity and precision of Bush and O'Hanlon when it comes to analysis of the military and political dimensions of the Taiwan issue. This is one challenge that U.S. policymakers and military strategists cannot afford to get wrong, and scholars cannot afford to ignore."- Michael Green, former Senior Director for Asian Affairs National Security CouncilThe Showdown to ComeIn ... Read more

    $10.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Future of Extended Deterrence

    The United States, NATO, and Beyond

    by Andreas Wenger, Joachim Krause, Jeffrey A. Larsen, Benoît Pelopidas, Paul Schulte, Hans M. Kristensen, Kerry M. Kartchner, Oliver Thraenert, Paul Bernstein, Stéfanie von Hlatky1 ...
    Are NATO’s mutual security commitments strong enough today to deter all adversaries? Is the nuclear umbrella as credible as it was during the Cold War? Backed by the full range of US and allied military capabilities, NATO’s mutual defense treaty has been enormously successful, but today’s commitments are strained by military budget cuts and antinuclear sentiment. The United States has also shifted ... Read more

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  • Minimum Deterrence: Examining the Evidence

    Edited by Keith B. Payne, James Schlesinger ...
    The National Institute for Public Policy’s new book, Minimum Deterrence: Examining the Evidence, is the first of its kind. Dr. Keith Payne, former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger and an unparalleled bipartisan group of senior civilian and military experts critically examine eight basic assumptions of Minimum Deterrence against available evidence. In general, Minimum Deterrence does not fare ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • Arms for Uncertainty

    Nuclear Weapons in US and Russian Security Policy

    by Stephen J. Cimbala ...
    Nuclear weapons are here to stay. They have survived into the twenty-first century as instruments of influence for the US, Russia, and other major military powers. But, unlike the Cold War era, future nuclear forces will be developed and deployed within a digital-driven world of enhanced conventional weapons. As such, established nuclear powers will have smaller numbers of nuclear weapons for the ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Chinese Nuclear Proliferation

    How Global Politics Is Transforming China's Weapons Buildup and Modernization

    by Susan Turner Haynes ...
    While the world’s attention is focused on the nuclearization of North Korea and Iran and the nuclear brinkmanship between India and Pakistan, China is believed to have doubled the size of its nuclear arsenal, making it “the forgotten nuclear power,” as described in Foreign Affairs. Susan Turner Haynes analyzes China’s buildup and its diversification of increasingly mobile, precise, and ... Read more

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  • Japan, South Korea, and the United States Nuclear Umbrella

    Deterrence After the Cold War

    by Terence Roehrig ...
    Series series Contemporary Asia in the World
    For close to sixty years, the United States has maintained alliances with Japan and South Korea that have included a nuclear umbrella, guaranteeing their security as part of a strategy of extended deterrence. Yet questions about the credibility of deterrence commitments have always been an issue, especially when nuclear weapons are concerned. Would the United States truly be willing to use these ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Consequences of American Nuclear Disarmament

    Strategy and Nuclear Weapons

    by Christine M. Leah ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book is about the future of nuclear weapons, geopolitics, and strategy. It examines the legacy of nuclear weapons on US thinking about some concepts of strategy and geopolitics, namely deterrence, extended deterrence, alliances, and arms control. The purpose of this is to demonstrate just how fundamentally nuclear weapons have influenced American thinking about these concepts. It argues that, ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation

    Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World?

    by Sverre Lodgaard ...
    Series series Routledge Global Security Studies
    A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via www.tandfebooks.com as well as the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license and is part of the OAPEN-UK research project.This book examines the current debate on nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament, notably the ... Read more

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