Nuclear weapons, the balance of terror, the quest for peace
This book discusses some of the most fundamental contemporary issues affecting global peace. The early chapters explain what the "balance of terror" and how it came about. They suggest that there seems no practical alternative to it in the foreseeable future. Later chapters deal with the politics and stability of this balance. The two final chapters discuss policies that determine the balance of terror -- supplemented with figures and factual information on weapons system, arms control agreements and the alliances. ISBN 0-88706-186-9 (pbk. ): $12.95
Print Book, English, ©1986
State University of New York Press, Albany, ©1986
xvii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780887061851, 9780887061868, 0887061850, 0887061869
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The balance of terror
Basic theory and the evolution of strategic postures
How it came to be
Is it necessary?
Nuclear weapons and world politics
Intrinsic stability
Military capabilities
War fighting and minimum deterrence
Arms control
Dynamic stability
Extended deterrence and first nuclear use
Limiting nuclear war
Policies towards the balance of terror : (1) rejection and abdication
Policies towards the balance of terror : (2) acceptance and improvement
Appendix. The algebra of mutual deterrence and stability