ADELPHI SERIES
G. Lewis Jeffrey
Oprawa:
MIĘKKA
Wydawca:
Taylor & Francis
Data premiery:
2014-12-18
ISBN:
9781138907140
Opis produktu
This book traces the evolution of Chinas nuclear weapons policies forces and posture.Chinas nuclear arsenal has long been an enigma. The arsenal has historically been small based almost exclusively on landbased ballistic missiles maintained at a low level of alert and married to a nofirstuse doctrine all choices that would seem to invite attack in a crisis. Chinese leaders when they have spoken about nuclear weapons have articulated ideas that sound odd to the Western ear. Mao Zedongs oftquoted remark that śnuclear weapons are a paper tiger seems to be bluster or madness.Chinas nuclear forces are now too important to remain a mystery. Yet Westerners continue to disagree about basic factual information concerning one of the worlds most important nuclearweapons states. This Adelphi book documents and explains the evolution of Chinas nuclear forces in terms of historical bureaucratic and ideological factors. There is a strategic logic at work but that logic is mediated through politics bureaucracy and ideology. The simplest explanation is that Chinese leaders taken as a whole have tended to place relatively little emphasis on the sort of technical details that dominated US discussions regarding deterrence. Such profound differences in thinking about nuclear weapons could lead to catastrophic misunderstanding in the event of a military crisis between Beijing and Washington.Introduction 1. Chinese views of nuclear weapons 2. Nuclear weapons design and testing 3. Fissile material production 4. Nuclear forces 5. Strategic stability and regional security ConclusionData Publikacji: 2014-12-18
Wymiary: 234 mm 156 mm 294 gr
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