U.s. Nuclear Weapons Policy

Informationen zum Autor William J. Perry is the Michael and Barbara Berberian professor at Stanford University. He served as secretary of defense to President Bill Clinton. Brent Scowcroft is the resident trustee of the Forum for International Policy. He served as national security adviser to presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. Charles D. Ferguson is the Philip D. Reed Senior Fellow for science and technology at the Council on Foreign Relations. Klappentext The report notes that in the near term nuclear weapons will remain a fundamental element of U.S. national security. For this reason it emphasizes the importance of maintaining a safe, secure, and reliable deterrent nuclear force and makes recommendations on this front. The report also offers measures to advance important goals such as preventing nuclear terrorism and bolstering the nuclear nonproliferation regime--Foreword.

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• Authors: Charles D. Ferguson, William J. Perry, William J./ Ferguson Perry, Brent Scowcroft
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2009
• EAN: 9780876094204
• ISBN: 978-0-87609-420-4
• No. of pages: 90
• Series: Council on Foreign Relations; Council on Foreign Relations (
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education