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Zusatztext "A decade after the end of the cold war! nuclear issues have come to the fore again! but the focus now is much less on superpowers and much more on middle or regional powers. In a subtle combination of theory and empirical cases! Professor Goldstein examines the trade offs confronting states considering the nuclear option. This book is essential reading for anyone studying deterrence theory or nuclear proliferation." Informationen zum Autor Avery Goldstein is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and Director of the East Asia Program, Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia. Klappentext "Goldstein's excellent book helps explain why three very different countries--Britain, France, and China--all sought an independent nuclear deterrent despite, and, perhaps, because of their security alliances with nuclear superpowers. This accessible and well-crafted work will be useful not only to diplomatic historians and international relations theorists, but also to policy analysts who are examining why certain relatively weak states are currently pursuing the nuclear option."--Thomas Christensen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Avery Goldstein's book, Deterrence and Security in the 21st Century: China, Britain, France, and the Enduring Legacy of the Nuclear Revolution, provides a well-written and historically grounded look at the likely nature of emerging nuclear security relationships. . . . Goldstein's book makes a subtantial contribution to the existing security literature. . . . Goldstein's insights . . . have great applicability for understanding post-Cold War security dynamics and similar patterns shaping the behavior of both new nuclear states and would-be nulcear states"--International Politics Zusammenfassung An analysis of nuclear deterrence, which, the author argues, will characterize international strategic affairs in the 21st century. It explains why three different countries - China, Britain and France - all sought an independent nuclear deterrent despite security alliances with the superpowers....
