First published: 20041 languageISBN: 9781280812996
Description
Provides a framework for understanding the myriad factors that shape nuclear policy. Case studies of eight long-term stalwarts of the nonproliferation regime--Egypt, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabai, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, and Turkey--flesh out this framework and show how even these countries might be pushed over the edge of a nuclear tipping point -- from cover.