Nonproliferation Norms: Why States Choose Nuclear Restraint (Studies in Security and International Affairs): 22

by Maria Rost Rublee (Author)

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  2009

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  Our focus on the relative handful of countries with nuclear weapons keeps us from asking the question: Why do so many more states not have such weapons? This book argues that in addition to understanding a state's security environment, we must appreciate the social forces that influence how states conceptualize the value of nuclear weapons.