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Robert 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...



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A 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 *

The Meaning of the Nuclear Revolution

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      Publisher Cornell University Press
      Published 2 October 1990
      ISBN-13 9780801495656
      978-0801495656
      ISBN-10 0801495652
      Also in:
      Arms negotiation and control Military and defence strategy Politics and government

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Robert 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...



      Trade Review

      A 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 *

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