Real-World Nuclear Deterrence: The Making of International Strategy

by David G. Coleman and Joseph M. Siracusa

The threat of nuclear weapons did not fade away with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Rather, the geopolitical disorders of the post-Cold War era and the rise of global terrorism have ensured that they remain conspicuously present on the world stage as a serious international concern. With the eight or nine nuclear powers maintaining about 27,000 nuclear weapons in their arsenals to this day, it is clear that they are here to stay for the foreseeable...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275980987
• ISBN13: 9780275980986
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.6"