Title Beyond deterrence : the political economy of nuclear weapons / Frank L. Gertcher and William J. Weida

Published New York : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART ONE NUCLEAR DILEMMAS -- 1 Introduction -- Politics, Economics and Nuclear Weapons -- 'Nuclear Deterrence -- The Superpowers -- The Soviet Threat -- Opposing Alliances -- Conditions for the Use of Nuclear Weapons -- Other Nuclear Nations -- U.S. Defense Policy -- Deterrence and Strategic Defense -- The Evolution of U.S. Defense Strategy -- Current U.S. and Soviet Nuclear Defenses -- U.S. Nuclear Defense Evolution -- Prospects for the Future -- Notes 2 The Strategic Balance -- Setting the Framework -- Recent Trends in Weapon Acquisition -- The Strategic Nuclear Forces of the United States and the Soviet Union -- The Balance of Forces -- The Strategic Balance Between NATO and the Warsaw Pact -- Nuclear Weapons in Other Regions of U.S.-Soviet Confrontation -- Prospects for the Future -- Notes -- Appendix: NATO and Warsaw Pact Conventional Force Comparisons -- 3 NATO's Nuclear Addiction -- NATO and Nuclear Weapons -- The Balance of Power After the War -- Air Power Doctrine -- The NATO Buildup -- The 'New Look' Under Eisenhower British Nuclear Weapon Programs (1939-88) -- French Nuclear Forces (1930-88) -- Prospects for the Future -- Notes -- 4 Nuclear Proliferation -- The Nuclear Weapon Club -- Nuclear Weapon Proliferation -- Proliferation in Southern Asia -- The Middle East: Nuclear Weapons in a Tinderbox -- South Africa and the Bomb -- Latin America: The First Nuclear Free Zone -- Other Nations with Potential Nuclear Weapon Capabilities -- The Terrorist Threat -- The Future of Proliferation -- The Impact of Proliferation -- Notes -- PART TWO THE DESIGN OF NUCLEAR DEFENSE -- 5 Levels of Capability Deterrence and Strategic Defense -- The Emphasis on Defensive Systems -- U.S. Nuclear Defense Concepts -- The U.S. Air Defense System -- The U.S. Ballistic Missile Warning System -- U.S. Space Defense -- U.S. Nuclear Defense Command and Control Communications -- Soviet Strategic Defense Concepts -- The Soviet Air Defense System -- Soviet Ballistic Missile Defense -- Soviet Space Defenses -- Soviet Nuclear Defense Command and Control Communications -- Soviet Passive Defenses -- European Perspectives on Nuclear Defense -- The Status of Nuclear Defenses -- Notes -- 6 Evolving Technologies Strategic Defense Initiatives -- Deterrence Based on Defense -- The Elements of Ballistic Missile Defense -- The U.S. SDI Program -- Support and Concern in Congress -- The Soviet SDI Effort -- The Future of the U.S. and Soviet SDI Efforts -- Advocates, Critics, Claims and Counterclaims -- Perspectives on Strategic Defense -- Arms Control and SDI -- Prospects for the Future -- Notes -- PART THREE THE ECONOMICS OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS -- 7 Nuclear Weapon Infrastructure -- The Infrastructure in the United States -- The Infrastructure in the Soviet Union -- The Infrastructure of Other Nuclear Nations Summary This book is designed for people who wish to increase their understanding of the political economy of nuclear weapon production and proliferation. It explains the role of military, political, and economic incentives in perpetuating the continued growth of worldwide nuclear arsenals Notes Frank L. Gertcher Subject Nuclear weapons -- United States. Nuclear weapons -- Economic aspects -- United States Military policy. Nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons -- Economic aspects POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures Military policy Nuclear weapons Nuclear weapons -- Economic aspects SUBJECT United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379 United States -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139808 Subject United States Form Electronic book Author Weida, William J. ISBN 9780429698248 0429698240 9780429037108 0429037104 9780429718250 042971825X 9780429738265 0429738269

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