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OverviewRobert 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert JervisPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Cornell University Press Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780801423048ISBN 10: 080142304 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 17 August 1989 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsA 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 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 Author InformationRobert Jervis is Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics at Columbia University. He is the author of many books, including The Illogic of American Nuclear Strategy, also from Cornell, and, most recently, American Foreign Policy in a New Era. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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