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

This book offers an in-depth examination of America’s nuclear weapons policy since the end of the Cold War.

Exploring nuclear forces structure, arms control, regional planning and the weapons production complex, the volume identifies competing sets of ideas about nuclear weapons and domestic political constraints on major shifts in policy. It provides a detailed analysis of the complex evolution of policy, the factors affecting policy formulation, competing understandings of the role of nuc...