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020 _a0060193441 (hbk.):
_c25.00 US
100 1 _aBRACKEN Paul
245 0 _aFire in the east:
_bthe rise of Asian military power and the second nuclear age
260 _aNew York:
_bHarper Collins,
_c1999
300 _a186p.
520 3 _aAnalyses the political, economic, and technological developments which have resulted in up to a dozen Asian countries already, or in the near future, possessing ballistic missiles armed with nuclear, chemical or biological warheads. Considers the implications of these developments for the West and for world stability when Western concepts of deterrence or containment no longer apply.
650 _aASIA
650 _aINTERNATIONAL POLITICS
650 _aINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
650 _aNUCLEAR POWER
650 _aNUCLEAR WEAPONS
945 _i0010605
_rY
_sY
999 _c45920
_d45920