Weapons of Mass Destruction: Prospects for Proliferation FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book examines the changing pattern both of incentives and of disincentives for such proliferation, including the utility of these weapons at state and sub-state levels. It also considers how other states should respond, assessing the achievements and limitations of arms and export controls, the evolving concept of deterrence, the debates about counter-proliferation policies and the problems in developing defences that will effectively counter an inherently dynamic phenomenon.
SYNOPSIS
The end of the Cold War did not usher in an era of peace and tranquility after all, says Spiers (strategic studies, U. of Leeds) but merely a shift of fear to the possibility that people who are considered less than respectable or responsible might gain access to the same kinds of weapons respectable and responsible governments have wielded for decades. He finds a changing pattern of incentives and disincentives for such proliferation, including the utility of the weapons at the state and sub-state level. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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