Nuclear Weapons: Law, Policy, and Practice (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781009018661)

A new nuclear arms race is underway between Russia and the United States, one that focuses on the technology of delivery of nuclear warheads. This book describes how and why this race is happening, who still possesses nuclear weapons, and what constraints apply to those weapons under international law. A global nuclear ban treaty entered into force in January 2021, but the nuclear powers kept distant. The last remaining treaty restraining the arsenals of the two nuclear superpowers will expire in less than five years' time and the risk is that other States will turn to nuclear arms for their defence, further fracturing the non-proliferation regime installed after the Cuban missile crisis.

Author: Stuart Casey-Maslen
ISBN-10: 1009018663
ISBN-13: 9781009018661
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/04/2021
Pages: 450
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.50h x 8.50w x 0.50d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2022