Second Nuclear Age Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics

Name: Second Nuclear Age Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics
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ISBN: 9781250037350

ISBN-10: 1250037352

ISBN-13: 9781250037350

Edition: 2013

Authors: Paul Bracken

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The cold war ended more than two decades ago, and with its end came a reduction in the threat of nuclear weapons-a luxury that we can no longer indulge. It's not just the threat of Iran getting the bomb or North Korea doing something rash; the whole complexion of global power politics is changing because of the reemergence of nuclear weapons as a vital element of statecraft and power politics. In short, we have entered the second nuclear age. In this provocative and agenda-setting book, Paul Bracken of Yale University argues that we need to pay renewed attention to nuclear weapons and how their presence will transform the way crises develop and escalate. He draws on his years of experience…

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List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 11/26/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.59" wide x 8.16" long x 0.96" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



Introduction: The Bomb Returns for a Second Act



Enduring Truths



Game Changer



A Most Useful Weapon



Lessons of the First Nuclear Age



The New Power Politics



The New Logic of Armageddon



The Middle East



South Asia



East Asia



The Way Forward



Have We Forgotten Too Much?



Global Dynamics



A Fifty-Year Problem


Conclusion: The Maturing Second Nuclear Age


Afterword to the Paperback Edition


A Note on Sources


Acknowledgments


Index