| Description |
1 online resource (166 p.) |
| Series |
Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security Ser |
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Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. No-first-use of Nuclear Weapons-An Overview -- No-first-use of nuclear weapons-an overview -- I. Introduction -- The churches and the moral issue -- International law and no-first-use -- East-West policies -- The United Nations -- Unilateral commitments -- Other challenges -- II. Summary of the main arguments -- Declaratory policy -- The case for no-first-use -- The case against no-first-use -- Strengthening NATO's conventional forces -- Other options |
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Deterrence and war-fighting -- III. Conclusions -- Limited nuclear war -- European interests -- US concerns -- The unity of the Western Alliance -- The force posture -- Approaches to the implementation of a no-first-use commitment -- No-first-use and conventional forces -- Summary -- Part II. No-first-use-Main Arguments for and Against -- Nuclear weapons and the Atlantic Alliance -- Nuclear weapons and the preservation of peace -- Part III. Discussion Papers -- Paper 1. The necessity, preconditions and consequences of a no-first-use policy -- I. The necessity for a no-first-use policy |
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II. ls there a way out? -- III. First use and the risk of war -- Paper 2. The no-first-use debate and the theory of thresholds -- I. Introduction -- II. The framework for strategic debate -- III. Firebreaks and the superpowers -- IV. No-first-use -- V. Theory into practice-some scenarios -- VI. Conclusions -- Paper 3. Alternatives to the first use of nuclear weapons -- I. Introduction -- II. The riddle of a no-first-use pledge pur et simple -- III. Alternatives to first use and unqualified no-first-use -- IV. Conclusions -- Paper 4. No-first-use of nuclear weapons |
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Paper 5. The atom serves but one master -- Paper 6. No-first-use-a first step in eliminating nuclear weapons -- Paper 7. Views on a commitment to no-first-use of nuclear weapons -- Paper 8. On the question of non-resort to the first use of nuclear weapons -- I. Introduction -- II. Proliferation and stockpiling of nuclear weapons -- III. Non-resort to the first use of nuclear weapons -- IV. The present debate -- V. Conclusion -- Paper 9. Should the United States commit Itself not to be the first to use nuclear weapons? -- I. Introduction -- II. US and European views on no-first-use |
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III . First use of tactical nuclear weapons -- IV. Nuclear strategies -- V. Conclusion -- Appendix I. Declarations on security assurances to non-nuclear weapon states made by the five nuclear weapon states -- Appendix II. Additional Protocol II to the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco) -- Appendix III. References to the no-first-use of nuclear weapons made In the general debate of UNSSOD II -- Appendix IV. UN Resolutions adopted in 1983 -- Convention on the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons -- Condemnation of nuclear war -- Index |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Blackaby, Frank
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Goldblat, Jozef
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Sverre, Lodgaard
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| ISBN |
9781000199260 |
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1000199266 |
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