ID - 147906565 TI - The myth of the nuclear revolution : power politics in the atomic age AU - Lieber, Keir A. AU - Press, Daryl Grayson PY - 2021 SN - 9781501749315 9781501749308 1501749315 1501749307 9781501749292 1501749293 PB - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Political sociology KW - Politics KW - Polemology KW - Nuclear weapons KW - Deterrence (Strategy) KW - Arms race. KW - Balance of power. KW - World politics. KW - Political aspects. KW - nuclear weapons, nuclear detterance, nuclear strategy, nuclear revolution, International security, kenneth Waltz, Robert Jervis. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:147906565 AB - Leading analysts have predicted for decades that nuclear weapons would help pacify international politics. The core notion is that countries protected by these fearsome weapons can stop competing so intensely with their adversaries: they can end their arms races, scale back their alliances, and stop jockeying for strategic territory. But rarely have theory and practice been so opposed. Why do international relations in the nuclear age remain so competitive? Indeed, why are today's major geopolitical rivalries intensifying? This text tackles the central puzzle of the nuclear age: the persistence of intense geopolitical competition in the shadow of nuclear weapons. ER -