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Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution : Statecraft and the Prospect of Armageddon by Robert Jervis (1990, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherCornell University Press

ISBN-100801495652

ISBN-139780801495656

eBay Product ID (ePID)549289

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Book TitleMeaning of the Nuclear Revolution : Statecraft and the Prospect of Armageddon

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1990

TopicMilitary / Nuclear Warfare, International Relations / Arms Control, World / General, Security (National & International), International

FeaturesReprint

GenreLaw, Political Science, History

AuthorRobert Jervis

Book SeriesCornell Studies in Security Affairs Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight32 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN88-043443

Reviews"A comprehensive analysis that thrusts Jervis into the front ranks of nuclear essayists."--Kirkus Reviews, "A masterful book by one of America's preeminent strategists. . . . What the nuclear revolution has done is magnify in force and compress in time imperatives that were present in the pre-nuclear era; even the pursuit of unlimited victory was unrealistic. Jervis takes us through those implications in prose so lucid we feel we have known them all along."--Foreign Affairs, "A comprehensive analysis that thrusts Jervis into the front ranks of nuclear essayists."-Kirkus Reviews, A masterful book by one of America's preeminent strategists.... What the nuclear revolution has done is magnify in force and compress in time imperatives that were present in the pre-nuclear era; even the pursuit of unlimited victory was unrealistic. Jervis takes us through those implications in prose so lucid we feel we have known them all along., "This subtle and powerful book confirms the standing of Robert Jervis as a strategic analyst of the first rank-indeed as the best of all in assessing the connections between perception and reality."-McGeorge Bundy, "This subtle and powerful book confirms the standing of Robert Jervis as a strategic analyst of the first rank--indeed as the best of all in assessing the connections between perception and reality."--McGeorge Bundy, "A masterful book by one of America's preeminent strategists. . . . What the nuclear revolution has done is magnify in force and compress in time imperatives that were present in the pre-nuclear era; even the pursuit of unlimited victory was unrealistic. Jervis takes us through those implications in prose so lucid we feel we have known them all along."-Foreign Affairs

Dewey Edition19

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal355/.0217

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisRobert Jervis argues here that the possibility of nuclear war has created a revolution in military strategy and international relations. He examines how the potential for nuclear Armageddon has changed the meaning of war, the psychology of statesmanship, and the formulation of military policy by the superpowers., Robert Jervis argues here that the possibility of nuclear war has created a revolution in military strategy and international relations. He examines how the potential for nuclear Armageddon has changed the meaning of war, the psychology of...

LC Classification NumberU263.J47 1989