No Use: Nuclear Weapons and U.S. National SecurityIn this work, national security scholar Thomas M. Nichols offers a lucid, accessible re-examination of the role of nuclear weapons and their prominence in US security strategy. Nichols explains why strategies built for the Cold War have survived into the 21st century, and he illustrates how America's nearly unshakable belief in the utility of nuclear arms has hindered US and international attempts to slow the nuclear programs of volatile regimes in North Korea and Iran. |
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The Search for Meaning | 16 |
Promise and Failure | 44 |
The Return of Minimum Deterrence | 83 |
Small States and Nuclear War | 127 |
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