Essays - The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy - For four decades, relations among the major nuclear powers have been shaped by their common vulnerability, a condition known as mutual assured destruction. But with the U.S. arsenal growing rapidly while Russia's decays and China's stays small, the era of MAD is ending -- And the era of U.S. nuclear primacy has begun.

Essays - The Rise of U.S. Nuclear Primacy - For four decades, relations among the major nuclear powers have been shaped by their common vulnerability, a condition known as mutual assured destruction. But with the U.S. arsenal growing rapidly while Russia's decays and China's stays small, the era of MAD is ending -- And the era of U.S. nuclear primacy has begun.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Foreign affairs. - New York, NY : Council on Foreign Relations, 1922. - 85(2006), 2, Seite 42-54
Main Author: Lieber, Keir A. (Author)
Other Authors: Press, Daryl G. (Other)
Format: Article
Published: 2006
Physical Description:13
ISSN:0015-7120

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