{"product_id":"the-second-nuclear-age-strategy-danger-and-the-new-power-politics","title":"The Second Nuclear Age: Strategy  Danger  and the New Power Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003eA leading international security strategist offers a compelling new way to \"think about the unthinkable.\" The cold war ended more than two decades ago  and with its end came a reduction in the threat of nuclear weaponsa luxury that we can no longer indulge. Its not just the threat of Iran getting the bomb or North Korea doing something rash; the whole complexion of global power politics is changing because of the reemergence of nuclear weapons as a vital element of statecraft and power politics. In short  we have entered the second nuclear age. In this provocative and agenda-setting book  Paul Bracken of Yale University argues that we need to pay renewed attention to nuclear weapons and how their presence will transform the way crises develop and escalate. He draws on his years of experience analyzing defense strategy to make the case that the United States needs to start thinking seriously about these issues once again  especially as new countries acquire nuclear capabilities. He walks us through war-game scenarios that are all too realistic  to show how nuclear weapons are changing the calculus of power politics  and he offers an incisive tour of the Middle East  South Asia  and East Asia to underscore how the United States must not allow itself to be unprepared for managing such crises. Frank in its tone and farsighted in its analysis  The Second Nuclear Age is the essential guide to the new rules of international politics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44965308432437,"sku":"ByrdShop_080509430X","price":30.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805094305.jpg?v=1770492476","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-second-nuclear-age-strategy-danger-and-the-new-power-politics","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}