Nuclear Weapons Security Crises: What Does History Teach? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781502764546)

At the height of the Cultural Revolution a Chinese long-range nuclear missile is fired within the country, and the nuclear warhead it is carrying detonates. A French nuclear device is exploded in Algeria during a coup there. The Soviet empire has collapsed, and shots are fired at a Russian crowd intent on rushing a nuclear weapons-laden plane straining to remove a stash of nuclear weapons to a safer locale. Pakistani civilian governments are routinely pushed aside by a powerful, nuclear-armed military that observers worry might yet itself fall prey to a faction willing to seize a portion of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. This volume reveals previously unknown details on each case and teases out what is to be learned. This book is ideal not only for policymakers and analysts, but for historians and teachers as well.

Author: U S Department of Defense
ISBN-10: 1502764547
ISBN-13: 9781502764546
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/09/2014
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.01w x 0.60d