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Strategy in the second nuclear age [electronic resource] : power, ambition, and the ultimate weapon / Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes, editors.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, c2012.Description: vi, 250 pISBN:
  • 9781589019287 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781589019294 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 355.02/17 23
LOC classification:
  • U263 .S773 2012eb
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Contents:
Introduction / Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes -- After proliferation: deterrence theory and emerging nuclear powers / Joshua Rovner -- South Africa's nuclear strategy: deterring "total onslaught" and "nuclear blackmail" in three stages / Helen E. Purkitt and Stephen F. Burgess -- The future of Chinese nuclear strategy / Christopher T. Yeaw, Andrew S. Erickson, and Michael S. Chase -- North Korea's nuclear weapons program: motivations, strategy, and doctrine / Terence Roehrig -- Changing perceptions of extended deterrence in Japan / James L. Schoff -- Thinking about the unthinkable: Tokyo's nuclear option / James R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara -- India's nuclear strategy / Anupam Srivastava and Seema Gahlaut -- The future of India's undersea nuclear deterrent / Andrew C. Winner -- Pakistan's nuclear posture: thinking about the unthinkable? / Timothy D. Hoyt -- Regime type, nuclear reversals, and nuclear strategy: the ambiguous case of Iran / Scott A. Jones and James R. Holmes -- Conclusion: thinking about strategy in the second nuclear age / Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes -- After proliferation: deterrence theory and emerging nuclear powers / Joshua Rovner -- South Africa's nuclear strategy: deterring "total onslaught" and "nuclear blackmail" in three stages / Helen E. Purkitt and Stephen F. Burgess -- The future of Chinese nuclear strategy / Christopher T. Yeaw, Andrew S. Erickson, and Michael S. Chase -- North Korea's nuclear weapons program: motivations, strategy, and doctrine / Terence Roehrig -- Changing perceptions of extended deterrence in Japan / James L. Schoff -- Thinking about the unthinkable: Tokyo's nuclear option / James R. Holmes and Toshi Yoshihara -- India's nuclear strategy / Anupam Srivastava and Seema Gahlaut -- The future of India's undersea nuclear deterrent / Andrew C. Winner -- Pakistan's nuclear posture: thinking about the unthinkable? / Timothy D. Hoyt -- Regime type, nuclear reversals, and nuclear strategy: the ambiguous case of Iran / Scott A. Jones and James R. Holmes -- Conclusion: thinking about strategy in the second nuclear age / Toshi Yoshihara and James R. Holmes.

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