Logic of American Nuclear Strategy

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For decades, the reigning scholarly wisdom about nuclear weapons policy has been that the United States only needs the ability to absorb an enemy nuclear attack and still be able to respond with a devastating counterattack. This argument is reasonable, but, empirically, we see that the US has always maintained a nuclear posture that is much more robust than a mere second-strike capability. In The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy, Matthew Kroenig challenges the conventional wisdom and explains why a robust nuclear posture, above and beyond a mere second-strike capability, contributes to a state's national security goals. In fact, when a state has a robust nuclear weapons force, such a capability reduces its expected costs in a war, provides it with bargaining leverage, and ultimately enhances nuclear deterrence. Buoyed by an innovative thesis and a vast array of historical and quantitative evidence, this book provides the first coherent theoretical explanation for why military nuclear advantages translate into geopolitical advantages. In so doing, it resolves one of the most-intractable puzzles in international security studies.

Über den Autor

Matthew Kroenig is an Associate Professor in the Department of Government and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and the Deputy Director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. He is the author or editor of seven books, including The Return of Great Power Rivalry: Democracy versus Autocracy from the Ancient World to the Present.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

New Foreword for the Paperback Edition

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Introduction

PART I. The Advantages of Nuclear Advantages

Chapter 1. Toward a New Theory of Nuclear Deterrence: The Superiority-Brinkmanship Synthesis Theory

Chapter 2. Nuclear War Outcomes

Chapter 3. The Correlates of Nuclear Crisis Outcomes

Chapter 4. The Mechanisms of Nuclear Crisis Outcomes

Chapter 5. Nuclear Deterrence and Compellence

PART II. The Disadvantages of Nuclear Advantages?

Chapter 6. Strategic Stability

Chapter 7. Arms Races

Chapter 8. Nuclear Nonproliferation

Chapter 9. The Defense Budget

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2020
Fachbereich:	Wirtschaft International
Genre:	Importe , Wirtschaft
Rubrik:	Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780197506585
ISBN-10:	0197506585
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Kroenig, Matthew
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	234 x 156 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Matthew Kroenig
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.06.2020
Gewicht:	0,478 kg