Beyond deterrence: the political economy of nuclear weapons

Abstract

Part 1 Nuclear dilemmas: introduction the strategic balance NATO's nuclear addiction nuclear proliferation. Part 2 The design of nuclear defence: levels of capability evolving technologies. Part 3 The economics of nuclear weapons: nuclear weapon infrastructure nuclear weapons and the competition for national resources the impact of the US regional defence spending on the inertia for nuclear weapons nuclear weapons and competition for the Allies' national resources nuclear weapons and the competition for Soviet national resources reallocating strategic and tactical nuclear weapon resources to non-defence applications. Part 4 The future - nuclear politics, inertia and alternatives: nuclear weapons and the future strategic position of the United States nuclear weapons and the future strategic position of the European NATO Allies nuclear weapons and the future strategic position of the Soviet Union arms control finding strategies to deal with the nuclear weapon dilemma.