The Key to Nuclear Restraint: The Swedish Plans to Acquire Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War - Couverture rigide

Jonter, Thomas

 
9781137581129: The Key to Nuclear Restraint: The Swedish Plans to Acquire Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War
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ISBN 10 : 1137581123 ISBN 13 : 9781137581129
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Synopsis

Why have some nations acquired nuclear weapons while others have refrained from doing so? Most research related to this question has focused on states that have built nuclear weapons, yet little attention has been devoted to countries that have chosen nuclear restraint. This book analyzes Swedish plans to acquire nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Sweden was very close to putting a bomb together in 1960s but, for a number of reasons illuminated in this book, decision makers abandoned those plans and subsequently rose to become one of the most recognized players in the international game of disarmament. Thanks to the recent declassification of essential documentation in Sweden and United States, it is now possible to assemble a comprehensive analysis of the Swedish nuclear weapons program based on primary sources. This book presents that analysis, a unique perspective owing to the fact that nuclear development is a highly secretive activity in most countries - with non-existent or limited access to state archives.

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À propos de l?auteur

Thomas Jonter is Director of Stockholm University Graduate School of International Studies, Sweden, and Professor of International Relations at the Department of Economic History. He has been visiting scholar at Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Stanford University, and Cornell University. Professor Jonter is also chair of Swedish Pugwash and served as advisor to the Swedish delegation to the 2015 Review Conference to the Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, at the United Nations in New York.

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Éditeur
Palgrave Macmillan
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1137581123
ISBN 13 
9781137581129
Reliure
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Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
307
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ISBN 10 :  1349845329 ISBN 13 :  9781349845323
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021
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