Deterrence in the Second Nuclear Age

Keith B. Payne (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

184 Seiten

1996
The University Press of Kentucky (Verlag)
978-0-8131-0895-7 (ISBN)

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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will almost assuredly fail in the Second Nuclear Age -- a period in which direct nuclear threat between superpowers has been replaced by threats posed by regional "rogue" powers newly armed with chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons.

The fundamental problem with deterrence theory is that is posits a rational -- hence predictable -- opponent. History frequently demonstrates the opposite. Payne argues that as the one remaining superpower, the United States needs to be more flexible in its approach to regional powers.

Keith B. Payne, president of the National Institute for Public Policy, adjunct professor at Georgetown University, editor-in-chief of Comparative Strategy, and a member of the State Department's Defense Trade Advisory Group, is the author of seven previous books on international security issues.

Introduction New Environment, New Requirement The Valor of Ignorance Success, Motivation, Mistakes, and Uncertainty Reconsidering the Hubris of Past and Present Summary and Conclusion

Erscheint lt. Verlag	24.10.1996
Vorwort	Colin S. Gray
Verlagsort	Lexington
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-8131-0895-0 / 0813108950
ISBN-13	978-0-8131-0895-7 / 9780813108957
Zustand	Neuware