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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
    Publication Date: 02/10/1990
    ISBN13: 9780801495656, 978-0801495656
    ISBN10: 0801495652
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    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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