Crilley Unparalleled catastrophe

Life and death in the Third Nuclear Age
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5261-7045-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten

Unparalleled catastrophe chronicles and critically analyses recent events that have brought about a dangerous Third Nuclear Age. It presents the case for rethinking how we understand nuclear weapons and international security, and argues that today the planet stands on the brink of catastrophe. This book tells you why, and what we can do about it.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Crilley, Rhys

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Moderne Kriegsführung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Ausrüstung & Waffen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1 'We thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe': a brief history of nuclear weapons
2 'Fire and fury like the world has never seen': understanding the Third Nuclear Age
3 'I got it. I got it. Why don't we nuke them?', August to October 2019
4 'This is a high time for hypersonic missiles', November 2019 to January 2020
5 'The world of post-apocalypse movies', February to April 2020
6 'I can’t breathe', May to July 2020
7 'Money meant for face masks', August to October 2020
8 'A force that would shatter our nation rather than share it', November 2020 to January 2021
Conclusion: it’s not enough to say 'a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought', February 2021 to the present
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rhys Crilley is a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Glasgow