Security with Nuclear Weapons? Different Perspectives on National Security

Cowen Karp, Regina (Ed.)

ISBN 10: 019827839X / ISBN 13: 9780198278399

Published by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Solna, Sweden, 1991

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1991. xiv, 396pp. "This book examines the similarities and differences in political approaches to nuclear weapons both within and among three groups of countries: nuclear, non-nuclear, and threshold. Providing insight into the impact nuclear weapons have on national and international security, this analysis offers a comprehensive reassessment of the concept of nuclear security." Both book and unclipped dust jacket are in excellent condition. All contents are tight and clean. There are no inscriptions. PLEASE NOTE: Heavyish book so a little extra may be needed for shipping to non-UK customers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Security with Nuclear Weapons? Different Perspectives on National Security
• Publisher: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, Solna, Sweden
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019827839X
• ISBN 13: 9780198278399
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
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Synopsis

SIPRI

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute is an independent institute for scientific research, which aims to further an understanding of the conditions for peaceful solutions to international conflicts and for a stable peace. Over the past twenty years, SIPRI has concentrated on problems of armaments, disarmament, and arms regulation. SIPRI is financed mainly by the Swedish Parliament. Its staff, the Governing Board, and the Scientific Council are international.

The prospect of large reductions of nuclear weapons poses fundamental questions about the purpose of nuclear weapons. Why have some states chosen to acquire nuclear weapons? How - and why - have these decisions been maintained over time? Why have some states elected to approach, but not cross, the nuclear threshold?

This book examines the commonalities and differences in political approaches to nuclear weapons both within and among three groups of states: nuclear, non-nuclear, and threshold. The chapters explore the evolution of thinking about nuclear weapons and the role these weapons play in national security planning.

The book transcends traditional East-West approaches to analysis of nuclear issues by giving equal prominence to the issues of nuclear proliferation and non-nuclearism. The book also provides a comprehensive analysis of how current approaches to nuclear weapons have evolved both within and among the countries under study.

Review

'Dr Regina Cowen Karp ... has tackled the subject creditably well. Chapters on nuclear perceptions of India, Pakistan and China are of particular interest.' Maj Gen MM Walia, SM, USI Journal, Jan-March 1992

'a useful volume, not least because of some very intelligent analysis of the motives of states such as India, Pakistan and Israel'Paul Rogers, Bradford University, Global Security, Spring 1993