Treating weapons proliferation : an oncological approach to the spread of nuclear, biological, and chemical technology / David Santoro.

"Treating Weapons Proliferation is a chilling exploration of the dynamics of weapons proliferation and nonproliferation. Through an analogy with the disease of cancer, the book walks the reader through the history of the phenomenon, its growing complexities and changing dimensions, its causes a...

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Main Author: Santoro, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:"Treating Weapons Proliferation is a chilling exploration of the dynamics of weapons proliferation and nonproliferation. Through an analogy with the disease of cancer, the book walks the reader through the history of the phenomenon, its growing complexities and changing dimensions, its causes and consequences, and the various policy responses currently available to address it. Taking stock of the nature and challenges of such responses, the book shows that there is no all-encompassing cure for weapons proliferation at the present time, only treatments of relative and contextual effectiveness. Simply put, weapons proliferation, like cancer, has no single cure, but it is a condition that can often be treated, sometimes successfully." --Book Jacket.
Physical Description:261 pages ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780230622807 (alk. paper)
0230622801 (alk. paper)
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