The evolution of nuclear strategy / Lawrence Freedman.
"First published 20 years ago, Lawrence Freedman's Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acclaimed as the standard work on the history of attempts to cope militarily and politically with the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons. It has now been rewritten, drawing on a wide...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2003.
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "First published 20 years ago, Lawrence Freedman's Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acclaimed as the standard work on the history of attempts to cope militarily and politically with the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons. It has now been rewritten, drawing on a wide range of new research, and updated to take account of the period following the end of the cold war, taking the story to contemporary arguments about missile defense."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | xix, 566 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-548) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0333652983 9780333652985 0333972392 9780333972397 |