Dealerting proposals for strategic nuclear forces: A critical analysis

Comparative Strategy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-34

  Rudney, Robert ^a   Stanley, Willis ^a  

^a National Institute for Public Policy   (United States)

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EID: 84937321323     PISSN: 01495933     EISSN: 15210448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01495930008403195     Document Type: Article

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