US Nuclear Weapons Policy After the Cold War : Russians, 'Rogues' and Domestic Division

ISBN-13: 9780415466264 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 240 str.

Nick Ritchie

Opis

Examines the US nuclear weapons policy since the end of the Cold War. This book aims to develop insights into the factors affecting policy formulation, a nuanced appreciation of the role and perception of US nuclear weapons in America's defence establishme

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The policy-making process.  Actors involved in nuclear weapons policy.  The annual nuclear policy budgetary process  2. American nuclear weapons policy at the end of the Cold War  3. Nuclear weapons policy under George H. W. Bush.  Key decisions.  Nuclear arms control.  Nuclear forces.  ‘Rogue’ states and nuclear planning.  The nuclear weapons production complex.  Conclusion  4. Nuclear weapons policy under Bill Clinton.  Nuclear forces.  Nuclear arms control.  Russia, ‘rogues’ and nuclear planning.  The nuclear weapons complex.  Conclusion  5. Nuclear weapons policy under George W. Bush.  Nuclear policy and the 2001 Nuclear Posture Review.  Nuclear forces.  Nuclear arms control.  The nuclear weapons production complex.  Conclusion  6. Post-Cold War trends in nuclear weapons policy  7. The influence of ideas on nuclear weapons policy.  Three competing ‘idea sets’  Idea set 1: Managing the drawdown of Cold War nuclear forces  Idea set 2: Responding to nuclear proliferation through progress in arms control and disarmament  Idea set 3: Responding to nuclear proliferation by re-orienting Cold War nuclear weapons policy to a post-Cold War war-fighting policy  Conclusion  8. Domestic politics and nuclear weapons policy.  Policy inertia.  Political disinterest in nuclear weapons policy.  Military disinterest in nuclear weapons policy.  Nuclear conservatism and neglect.  Conclusion

O autorze

Nick Ritchie is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies, University of Bradford. He is co-author of The Political Road to War in Iraq (Routledge 2006).