Partners in Deterrence - Us Nuclear Weapons and Alliances in Europe and Asia

The book explains how and why nuclear weapons cooperation between the US and its allies has evolved since the 1950s. By bringing institutional perspectives to the study of how alliances operate, it focuses on the objectives and sources of influence of US allies in Europe and Asia as they cooperate with the US on the world's most powerful weapons.

About the author

Stephan Frühling is Professor in the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre and Deputy Dean of the College of Asia & the Pacific at Australian National University

Andrew O'Neil is Dean and Professor of Political Science in the Griffith Business School, Griffith University

Summary

The book explains how and why nuclear weapons cooperation between the US and its allies has evolved since the 1950s. By bringing institutional perspectives to the study of how alliances operate, it focuses on the objectives and sources of influence of US allies in Europe and Asia as they cooperate with the US on the world’s most powerful weapons. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Stephan Fruhling, Stephan C. Fruhling, Stephan C. O''neil Fruhling, Stephan O''neil Fruhling, Stephan Frühling, Stephan C. Frühling, Andrew O'Neil, O'Neil Andrew
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781526150721
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5072-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare, History: specific events and topics, Nuclear weapons, The Cold War, Postwar Period, 1945 To C 2000, c 1945 to c 1990 (the Cold War period)