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Quiet cataclysm : reflections on the recent transformation of world politics

Title: Quiet cataclysm : reflections on the recent transformation of world politics / John Mueller.
Author: Mueller, John E.
Publication: New York, NY : HarperCollins College Publishers, ©1995.

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Description

ix, 221 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-214) and index.

Terms of Use (note)

Current Copyright Fee: GBP25.00

Contents

War, peace, and trouble in the aftermath of the quiet cataclysm -- Realism and the Cold War -- Arms races: positive and negative -- Expanding deterrence -- The essential irrelevance of nuclear weapons -- Enough rope: overextension versus containment -- Reassessing Pearl Harbor -- War: natural, but not necessary -- The historical movement of ideas: the rise of war aversion and the retreat from doomsday -- The historical movement of ideas: the rise of democracy -- Appendix: Anticipated cataclysms: predictions about endless peace, terminal war, and other calamities.

ISBN

0673993272
9780673993274

LCCN

94001948

OCLC

ocm29754470
29754470
SCSB-14163290

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Princeton University Library