Slaying the Nuclear Dragon Disarmament Dynamics in the Twenty-First Century

In recent decades the debate on nuclear weapons has focused overwhelmingly on proliferation and nonproliferation dynamics. In a series of Wall Street Journal articles, however, George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger, and Sam Nunn called on governments to rid the world of nuclear weapons, help...

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Main Authors:	Ogilvie-White, Tanya, Santoro, David
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	Athens University of Georgia Press 2012
Edition:	1
Series:	Studies in Security and International Affairs
Subjects:	21st Century Arms Control Brazil China Disarmament Egypt France HISTORY India International Relations Israel Japan Modern North Korea Nuclear disarmament Nuclear disarmament > History > 21st century Nuclear safety Nuclear strategy Nuclear weapons Pakistan POLITICAL SCIENCE Weapons
ISBN:	9780820336893, 0820336890, 9780820342467, 0820342467, 0820343803, 9780820343808
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Front Matter Table of Contents FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION. CHAPTER ONE: The Optimistic Nuclear Weapon States: CHAPTER TWO: Advocating the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: CHAPTER THREE: The Rollback States: CHAPTER FOUR: The Pessimistic Nuclear Weapon States: CHAPTER FIVE: The Threshold States: CHAPTER SIX: The Nuclear Energy Aspirants: CHAPTER SEVEN: The Nuclear Holdouts: CHAPTER EIGHT: The Defiant States: CHAPTER NINE: The Silent Proliferators: CONCLUSION. CONTRIBUTORS INDEX
Cover Contents Foreword Acknowledgments INTRODUCTION. The Nuclear Dragon: No Longer out on the Prowl CHAPTER ONE. The Optimistic Nuclear Weapon States: The United States and the United Kingdom CHAPTER TWO. Advocating the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: The Role of Key Individual and Coalition States CHAPTER THREE. The Rollback States: South Africa and Kazakhstan CHAPTER FOUR. The Pessimistic Nuclear Weapon States: France, Russia, and China CHAPTER FIVE. The Threshold States: Japan and Brazil CHAPTER SIX. The Nuclear Energy Aspirants: Egypt and Vietnam CHAPTER SEVEN. The Nuclear Holdouts: India, Israel, and Pakistan CHAPTER EIGHT. The Defiant States: North Korea and Iran CHAPTER NINE. The Silent Proliferators: Syria and Myanmar CONCLUSION. The Nuclear Dragon: One Eye Open, One Eye Closed Contributors Index
Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- INTRODUCTION. The Nuclear Dragon: No Longer out on the Prowl -- CHAPTER ONE. The Optimistic Nuclear Weapon States: The United States and the United Kingdom -- CHAPTER TWO. Advocating the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons: The Role of Key Individual and Coalition States -- CHAPTER THREE. The Rollback States: South Africa and Kazakhstan -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Pessimistic Nuclear Weapon States: France, Russia, and China -- CHAPTER FIVE. The Threshold States: Japan and Brazil -- CHAPTER SIX. The Nuclear Energy Aspirants: Egypt and Vietnam -- CHAPTER SEVEN. The Nuclear Holdouts: India, Israel, and Pakistan -- CHAPTER EIGHT. The Defiant States: North Korea and Iran -- CHAPTER NINE. The Silent Proliferators: Syria and Myanmar -- CONCLUSION. The Nuclear Dragon: One Eye Open, One Eye Closed -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z