TY - BOOK AU - Futter,Andrew TI - The politics of nuclear weapons SN - 9781473917170 (ebook) : AV - JZ5665 .F877 2015 U1 - 327.1/747 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Los Angeles PB - Sage Publications KW - Nuclear weapons KW - Political aspects KW - Nuclear arms control KW - International cooperation KW - Nuclear nonproliferation N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-254) and index; chapter 1. What are nuclear weapons? -- chapter 2. Testing, defining and delivering nuclear weapons -- chapter 3. Nuclear proliferation : why states build or don't build the bomb -- chapter 4. Nuclear strategy : understanding the MADness -- chapter 5. Vertical proliferation challenges : assessing article VI of the NPT -- chapter 6. Horizontal proliferation challenges : the nuclear outliers -- chapter 7. Managing nuclear proliferation challenges : limiting, preventing and defending -- chapter 8. Nuclear weapons and new global actors -- chapter 9. Nuclear disarmament -- chapter 10. Enduring nuclear challenges N2 - This book provides an introduction to political and strategic aspects of nuclear weaponry. It offers an accessible overview of the concept of nuclear weapons, outlines how thinking about these weapons has developed and considers how nuclear threats can continue to be managed in the future UR - https://eresourcesptsl.ukm.remotexs.co/user/login?url=https://sk.sagepub.com/books/the-politics-of-nuclear-weapons ER -