The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution (eBook)

Power Politics in the Atomic Age

Keir A. Lieber, Daryl G. Press (Autoren)

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2020
180 Seiten
Cornell University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5017-4930-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. The core notion is that countries protected by these fearsome weapons can stop competing so intensely with their adversaries: they can end their arms races, scale back their alliances, and stop jockeying for strategic territory. But rarely have theory and practice been so opposed. Why do international relations in the nuclear age remain so competitive? Indeed, why are today's major geopolitical rivalries intensifying?

In The Myth of the Nuclear Revolution, Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press tackle the central puzzle of the nuclear age: the persistence of intense geopolitical competition in the shadow of nuclear weapons. They explain why the Cold War superpowers raced so feverishly against each other; why the creation of "mutual assured destruction" does not ensure peace; and why the rapid technological changes of the 21st century will weaken deterrence in critical hotspots around the world.

By explaining how the nuclear revolution falls short, Lieber and Press discover answers to the most pressing questions about deterrence in the coming decades: how much capability is required for a reliable nuclear deterrent, how conventional conflicts may become nuclear wars, and how great care is required now to prevent new technology from ushering in an age of nuclear instability.

Autor

Keir A. Lieber is Director of the Center for Security Studies and Security Studies Program and Associate Professor in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government at Georgetown University. He is the author of War and the Engineers.

Daryl G. Press is Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Calculating Credibility.

Inhalt

Introduction: The Nuclear Puzzle
1. Power Politics in the Nuclear Age
2. Gettting to Stalemate: How Much Is Enough?
3. Escaping Stalemate: The New Era of Counterforce
4. Deterrence under Stalemate: Conventional War and Nuclear Escalation
Conclusion: Solving the Nuclear Puzzle

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.6.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Reihe/Serie: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs
• Zusatzinfo: 3 maps, 5 charts
• Verlagsort: Ithaca
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: 21st-century conflicts • arms control • arms race • Border Security • Cold War • conflict • counterterrorism • cyber security • Defense • deterrence failures • deterrence theory • Diplomacy • Espionage • foreign policy • Geopolitical competition • global hotspots • Government • great power rivalry • Homeland Security • Intelligence • Intelligence Agencies • Intelligence Gathering • International Relations • International Security • Kenneth Waltz • Lieber and Press • Military • Military Strategy • Military Technology • modern warfare • Mutual Assured Destruction • national security • Nuclear Age • nuclear arms control • Nuclear deterrent • nuclear detterance • nuclear instability • nuclear policy • nuclear revolution • nuclear strategy • nuclear weapons • nuclear weapons, nuclear detterance, nuclear strategy, nuclear revolution, International security, kenneth Waltz, Robert Jervis • peace and conflict • Politics • Robert Jervis • security studies • Strategic stability • strategic territory • Technological Change
• ISBN-10: 1-5017-4930-7 / 1501749307
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5017-4930-8 / 9781501749308