The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: An Enduring Debate - Softcover

Sagan, Scott Douglas; Waltz, Kenneth N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393920100 ISBN 13: 9780393920109

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012

Synopsis

A long-time staple of International Relations courses, this new edition continues the important discussion of nuclear proliferation, while looking at the regions and issues now at the forefront of the nuclear question.

Over the past fifteen years, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons has been a staple in International Relations courses because of its brevity and crystal-clear explanations. The new edition, An Enduring Debate, continues the important discussion of nuclear proliferation and the dangers of a nuclear-armed world. With new chapters on the questions surrounding a nuclear North Korea, Iran, and Iraq and the potential for a world free of nuclear weapons, this Third Edition will continue to generate a lively classroom experience.

About this title

About the Author:

Scott D. Sagan is professor of political science at Stanford University and codirector of the Center for International Security and Cooperation. He is the author of The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons and Moving Targets: Nuclear Strategy and National Security.

Kenneth N. Waltz is Emeritus Ford Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley and senior research associate at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. His books include Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis and Theory of International Politics.

Review:

“This book is a lively and genuine dialogue between two leading authorities on an issue of great importance for both scholarship and public policy.”
- Robert Jervis, Columbia University

“This important book clearly and succinctly lays out the opposing views on whether nuclear proliferation makes the world more or less peaceful. . . . I can’t think of a better book to recommend on the ABCs of nuclear proliferation.”
- John J. Mearsheimer, University of Chicago

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0393920100
• ISBN 13: 9780393920109
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 288