The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed Second Edition

by Scott Douglas Sagan (Author), Kenneth N. Waltz (Author)

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In The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, professors Waltz and Sagan resume their well-known dialogue concerning nuclear proliferation and the threat of nuclear war.

Kenneth Waltz, Dean of Realist Theory in international relations at Columbia University, expands on his argument that "more may be better," contending that new nuclear states will use their acquired nuclear capabilities to deter threats and preserve peace. Scott Sagan, the leading proponent of organizational theories in international politics, continues to make the counterpoint that "more will be worse": novice nuclear states lack adequate organizational controls over their new weapons, resulting in a higher risk of either deliberate of accidental nuclear war. Treating issues from the ’long peace’ between the United States and Soviet Union made possible by the nuclear balance of the Cold War to more modern topics such as global terrorism, missile defense, and the Indian-Pakistani conflict, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed is an invaluable addition to any international relations course.

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Scott D. Sagan is professor of political science at Stanford University and codirector of the Center for International Security and Cooperation. He is the author of The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons and Moving Targets: Nuclear Strategy and National Security.

Kenneth N. Waltz is Emeritus Ford Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley and senior research associate at Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies. His books include Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis and Theory of International Politics.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Second edition (August 28, 2002)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0393977471
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393977479
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.3 inches

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E Pluribus Wombat

A great little work and somewhat significant

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 11, 2014

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Sagan and Waltz did this great little dance 4 times I think. And whichever side of the argument you fall on, one thing that's important to understand is that the Obama administration, through Drs. Walt and Mearsheimer, who are Waltz' students, actually does believe in Waltz' assertion that non proliferation is a bad and unstable situation for the world we live in. They are fans of a world where nations and near-nations should have atomic weapons, generally. Just something to keep in mind.

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AWIL

Must read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 12, 2014

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If you want to know anything about the arguments surrounding nuclear proliferation, this book is the foundation. Both authors are leading scholars in the field with very different views on nuclear proliferation, giving the reader the choice to choose which side of the debate they fall on or to create their own combination of the two views.

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Ross Keener

Classic - a must read

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 12, 2012

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If you are interested in international relations/security, this is a classic. It is short and understandable. If you read this book closely and take the time to consider its application, you will find yourself frustrated at the crap the talking heads on TV come up with when talking about war and politics.

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TheAntiTed

good

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 17, 2007

Book was in good condition. As for content, it was for a course, so what does it matter?

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Denis Benchimol Minev

Simple debate, tremendous consequences

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 16, 2003

This books puts together two colliding authors on whether the proliferation of nuclear weapons is a good idea or not. Waltz, one fo the premier figures of realpolitik, argues (brilliantly, even though I disagree with him) that proliferation is a good idea. Sagan argues there are too many organizational risks in the proliferation system.
The two present their arguments, and then respond to each other's argument. It is a fascinating argument, one that can be discussed in 1000 pages, but the authors do a tremendous job of synthesizing it and pointing out the major strenghts and weaknesses of each other's argument. In today's world, where we are willing to go to war to prevent proliferation, it is useful to take a step back and really understand what the main problems arising by proliferation are.

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Tanguy Baghdadi

The best

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 11, 2007

Certainly the best debate ever produced about the existence of nuclear weapons and its distribution around the world. Highly recomended!

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