North Korea possesses nuclear weapons; while Iran is poised to acquire them in the next decade. How the United States and other nations seek to roll back these burgeoning nuclear powers is among the most urgent issues of the day. At stake is regional security in the Persian Gulf and Northeast Asia; America's standing abroad; and prospects for nuclear non-proliferation. This book offers complementary international perspectives on these threats and the peaceful responses to grapple with the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs. Leading authorities provide balanced analyses―together with new chronologies and maps―that make the volume an invaluable reference for all those interested in understanding options available in dealing with Iran and North Korea.The contributors to this volume offer complementary international perspectives on the critical security issues that stem from the challenges posed by Iran and North Korea. No other work combines the analysis of the two countries and explores the threat posed by each to regional stability and world order. The book examines how and why attempts to curb the nuclear programs and broader political ambitions of each nation have failed. It also examines how each nation; in its own way; has managed to defy the world's preponderant power; the United States; as well as other major powers and the United Nations. And it offers analysis on where the fractured and oscillating relations with these two nettlesome actors are heading and the long-term implications of their current trajectories for nuclear proliferation; deterrence; alliance management; regional security; and world order.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I love Civil War historyBy Henry H. Mccawley Jr.I love Civil War history. I added this to my library. I have read it over and over again; Best book I have found.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Good Overview Of Mobile CampaignBy 15th NW ArkansasMobile 1865 is probably the best book on the Mobile campaign but leaves something to be desired. A glaring omission is the maps. No Civil War history should be without helpful maps to visualize the text; but there is only three period drawings of the defences-not very helpful. The author also goes into a little too much detail on each unit's prior history and their commanders. This causes the book to not really become interesting until the real action starts after about 100 pages. It was also a little irritating that the author uses the common; politically correct view of black troops. In the chapter he devotes to black units his account of their actions are misleading and too generous. Still; there is little literature on the Mobile campaign and this book details the actions and the campaign as a whole fairly well. It's probbly the best book on the subject but the definitive history of the campaign is yet to be written.
