The Fragile Balance of Terror Deterrence in the New Nuclear Age

The Fragile Balance of Terror Deterrence in the New Nuclear Age

In The Fragile Balance of Terror, the foremost experts on nuclear policy and strategy offer insight into an era rife with more nuclear powers. Some of these new powers suffer domestic instability, others are led by pathological personalist dictators, and many are situated in highly unstable regions...

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Other Authors: Narang, Vipin (Editor), Sagan, Scott D. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, New York Cornell University Press [2022]
Series:Cornell studies in security affairs.
Subjects:
Security, International.
Nuclear weapons > Political aspects.
Balance of power.
Deterrence (Strategy)
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)
Security, International
Nuclear weapons > Political aspects
Balance of power
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: The Fragile Balance of Terror
  • I. NEW CHALLENGES IN THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE
  • Chapter 1 Multipolar Deterrence in the Emerging Nuclear Era
  • Chapter 2 Psychology, Leaders, and New Deterrence Dilemmas
  • Chapter 3 Thermonuclear Twitter?
  • Chapter 4 Understanding New Nuclear Threats: The Open-Source Intelligence Revolution?
  • II. ENDURING CHALLENGES WITH A NEW TWIST
  • Chapter 5 How Much Is Enough? Revisiting Nuclear Reliability, Deterrence, and Preventive War
  • Chapter 6 Survivability in the New Era of Counterforce
  • Chapter 7 The Fulcrum of Fragility: Command and Control in Regional Nuclear Powers
  • Chapter 8 The Limits of Nuclear Learning in the New Nuclear Age
  • Conclusion: The Dangerous Nuclear Future
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Index

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