Governing the bomb : civilian control and democratic accountability of nuclear weapons / Civilian control and democratic accountability of nuclear weapons edited by Hans Born, Bates Gill, Heiner Hanggi. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - xiii, 249 p. ; 24 cm.

Part of an effort by the the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of the Armed Forces (DCAF) and Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) to bring comprehensive analysis to a wide audience and to encourage discussion on nuclear weapons and disarmament from a security sector governance perspective -- pref. ([viii]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Hans Born, Bates Gill and Heiner Hanggi -- The United States / Peter D. Feaver and Kristen Thompson Sharp -- Russia / Alexei Arbatov -- The United Kingdom / John Simpson and Jenny Nielsen -- France / Bruno Tertrais -- China / Bates Gill and Evan S. Medeiros -- Israel / Avner Cohen -- India / Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu -- Pakistan / Zafar Iqbal Cheema -- Conclusion / Hans Born and Bates Gill -- Appendix A. World nuclear forces, 2010.

"...explores the roles played by various actors in the domestic governance of nuclear weapons in eight possessor states--the USA, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, Israel, India, and Pakistan..." -- p.2

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Nuclear arms control.
Nuclear arms control--Government policy.
Nuclear arms control--Decision making.
Civil-military relations.
Nuclear arms control--Case studies.
Nuclear arms control--Government policy--Case studies.
Nuclear arms control--Decision making--Case studies.
Civil-military relations--Case studies.

JZ5665 / .G68 2010

327.1747 / GOV 2010