Format:
1 online resource (296 pages)
ISBN:
9780199700875
Content:
John Mueller reveals in this compellingly argued book that our obsession with nuclear weapons is unsupported by history, scientific fact, or logic. Examining the entire atomic era, Mueller boldly contends that nuclear weapons have had little impact on history. Equally important, Atomic Obsession reveals that current anxieties about terrorists obtaining nuclear weapons are essentially baseless. Demolishing half-truths and false assumptions, this is an important argument that deserves a wide public hearing.
Content:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- I. The Impact of Nuclear Weapons -- 1 Effects -- 2 Overstating the Effects -- 3 Deterring World War III: Essential Irrelevance -- 4 Modest Influence on History -- 5 Apocalyptic Visions, Worst-Case Preoccupations, Massive Expenditures -- II. The Spread of Nuclear Weapons -- 6 Arms Races: Positive and Negative -- 7 Proliferation: Slow and Substantially Inconsequential -- 8 The Limited Appeal and Value of Nuclear Weapons -- 9 Controlling Proliferation: Modest Success -- 10 Costs of the Proliferation Fixation -- 11 Reconsidering Proliferation Policy -- III. The Atomic Terrorist? -- 12 Task -- 13 Likelihood -- 14 Progress and Interest -- 15 Capacity -- Epilogue and an Inventory of Propositions -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195381368
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780195381368
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=472331
