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Complex deterrence : strategy in the global age
As the costs of a preemptive foreign policy in Iraq have become clear, strategies such as containment and deterrence have been gaining currency among policy makers. This comprehensive book offers an agenda for the contemporary practice of deterrence--especially as it applies to nuclear weapons--in an increasingly heterogeneous global and political setting. Moving beyond the precepts of traditio…
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- 9780226650029
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- 1 online resource (x, 345 p.) : ill.
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- [POL-SSS-11]
Balance of power : theory and practice in the 21st century
Since the 16th century, balance of power politics have profoundly influenced international relations. But in recent years—with the sudden disappearance of the Soviet Union, growing power of the United States, and increasing prominence of international institutions—many scholars have argued that balance of power theory is losing its relevance. This book examines the current position and futu…
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- 0804750165
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- xiv, 384 p. ; 24 cm
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- [POL-IRT-01]
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