{"product_id":"minimum-deterrence-keith-b-payne-9781138781160","title":"Minimum Deterrence: Examining the Evidence","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe National Institute for Public Policy's new book, \u003ci\u003eMinimum Deterrence: Examining the Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e, is the first of its kind. Dr. Keith Payne, the late former Secretary of Defense James Schlesinger and an unparalleled bipartisan group of senior civilian and military experts critically examined eight basic assumptions of Minimum Deterrence against available evidence. In general, Minimum Deterrence does not fare well under the careful scrutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProponents of a \"Minimum Deterrent\" US nuclear force posture believe that anywhere from a handful to a few hundred nuclear weapons are adequate to deter reliably and predictably any enemy from attacking the United States now and in the future. Because nuclear weapons are so destructive, their thinking goes, no foreign leader would dare challenge US capabilities. The benefits, advocates claim, of reducing US nuclear weapons to the \"minimum\" level needed are: better relations with Russia and China, reinforcement of the arms control and Nonproliferation Treaty, billions of defense dollars in savings, and greater international stability on the way to \"nuclear zero.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs political pressure builds to pursue this vision of minimum US deterrence, \u003ci\u003eMinimum Deterrence: Examining the Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e stands as the seminal study to address the many claims of great benefit against available empirical evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book was published as a National Institute Press monograph, Keith B. Payne and James Schlesinger, \u003ci\u003eMinimum Deterrence: Examining the Evidence\u003c\/i\u003e (Fairfax, VA: National Institute Press, 2013) and as a special issue of \u003ci\u003eComparative Strategy.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith B. Payne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138781169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138781160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Keith B. Payne","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48113287004415,"sku":"9781138781160","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_17fcfedc-dd78-4edd-973d-d29b2c948adf.jpg?v=1769614100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/minimum-deterrence-keith-b-payne-9781138781160","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}