The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate

Sagan, Scott Douglas, Waltz, Kenneth N.

ISBN 10: 0393038106 / ISBN 13: 9780393038101

Edité par W W Norton & Co Inc, 1995

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First edition. light wear. in a good jacket. some otherwise heavy pencil marking. Very readable copy.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate
• Éditeur: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0393038106
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780393038101
• Reliure: hardcover
• Édition: First Edition.
• État de l'article: Collectible - Good

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Synopsis

If the build-up of nuclear weapons was a significant factor in maintaining the "long peace" between the United States and the Soviet Union, will the spread of nuclear weapons beyond these two superpowers stabilize or disrupt international relations. In this book, two scholars of international politics debate the issue. Kenneth Waltz argues that fear of the spread of nuclear weapons is unfounded - "more may be better". Nuclear proliferation may be a stabilizing force, as it decreases the likelihood of war by increasing its costs. Scott Sagan, however, argues that nuclear proliferation will make the world less stable - "more will be worse". Nuclear-armed states may not possess the internal structures that would ensure safe and rational control of nuclear weapons. Written for a general audience, this book is intended to help the public understand more clearly the role of nuclear weapons in the new world order.

À propos des auteurs

Scott D. Sagan is professor of political science at Stanford University and codirector of the Center for International Security and Cooperation. He is the author of The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons and Moving Targets: Nuclear Strategy and National Security.

Kenneth N. Waltz is Emeritus Ford Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley and senior research associate at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. His books include Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis and Theory of International Politics.