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" Better safe than sorry : "
Michael Krepon
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BL
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702019
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b524208
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| Main Entry
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Krepon, Michael,1946-
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| Title & Author
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Better safe than sorry : : the ironies of living with the bomb /\ Michael Krepon
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| Publication Statement
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Stanford, Calif. :: Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press,, c2009
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xx, 270 p. ;; 24 cm
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0804760632 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780804760638 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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| Notes
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"A Henry L. Stimson Center book."
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-254) and index
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| Contents
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Master builders and deconstructionists -- Apocalyptic warnings -- The first nuclear age -- The second nuclear age -- Alternative nuclear futures -- Finding safe passage in the second nuclear age
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| Abstract
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"Michael Krepon argues that the United States has never possessed more tools and capacity to reduce nuclear dangers than it does today - from containment and deterrence to diplomacy, military strength, and arms control. The bloated nuclear arsenals of the Cold War years have been greatly reduced, nuclear weapon testing has almost ended, and all but eight countries have pledged not to acquire the Bomb. Major powers have less use for the Bomb than at any time in the past. Thus, despite wars, crises, and Murphy's Law, the dark shadows cast by nuclear weapons can continue to recede." "Krepon believes that positive trends can continue, even in the face of the twin threats of nuclear terrorism and proliferation that have been exacerbated by the Bush administration's pursuit of a war of choice in Iraq based on false assumptions. Krepon advocates a "back to basics" approach to reducing nuclear dangers, reversing the Bush administration's denigration of diplomacy, deterrence, containment, and arms control." --Book Jacket
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Nuclear nonproliferation
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Nuclear weapons-- Government policy-- United States
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United States, Military policy
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UA23.K77695 2009
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