Deterrence in the 2nd Nuclear..-Pa

by Keith B. Payne

Book Overview

Keith Payne begins by asking, "Did we really learn how to deter predictably and reliably during the Cold War?" He answers cautiously in the negative, pointing out that we know only that our policies toward the Soviet Union did not fail. What we can be more certain of, in Payne's view, is that such policies will almost assuredly fail in the Second Nuclear Age -- a period in which direct nuclear threat between superpowers has been replaced by threats...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813108950
• ISBN13: 9780813108957
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher