Tools of mass destruction are in the hands of many third-world countries and feuding nationalities of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Now an internationally acclaimed military historian addresses our most pressing question: Will fear and respect for nuclear weapons be sufficient to prevent their use despite the implacable hatred that characterizes many ancient regional rivalries?
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Tools of mass destruction are in the hands of many third-world countries and feuding nationalities of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Now an internationally acclaimed military historian addresses our most pressing question: Will fear and respect for nuclear weapons be sufficient to prevent their use despite the implacable hatred that characterizes many ancient regional rivalries?
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Very good condition in good jacket. 180 pages, notes, list of newspapers quoted (by language), bibliography, index, small sticker residue on front DJ, slight scuffing to rear DJ The author reviews the essential characteristics of large-scale warfare as it developed before the introduction of nuclear weapons, and examines what those weapons did to the superpowers, the politico-military strategies, and the relations among them. After considering the effect of nuclear weapons on the principal developing countries that either possess them or are faced by them (with a focus on East and South Asia and on the Middle East), he assesses the impact of nuclear proliferation on the future of war itself.
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UsedVeryGood. Hardcover; light fading and shelf wear to exterior; remainder mark to lower page edge; in very good condition with clean text, firm binding. Dust jack et shows scuffing and slight curling to edges.
