Before and After the Cold War: Using Past Forecasts to Predict the Future

by George H. Quester

Overview

The end of the Cold War came as good news for most of the world. No one had predicted the collapse of Communist rule for several decades. This book looks at how political scientists failed to predict such a quick resolution and ways in which the world might develop post Cold War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135285531
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/18/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

George H. Quester

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Is the Nonproliferation Treaty Enough?; Chapter 2 Taiwan and Nuclear Proliferation; Chapter 3 Women in Combat; Chapter 4 America's Interest in Eastern Europe: Toward a Finlandization of the Warsaw Pact?; Chapter 5 Transboundary Television; Chapter 6 America and the Chinese: The Need for Continuing Ambiguity; Chapter 7 Some Barriers to Thinking About Conventional Defense; Chapter 8 Nuclear Pakistan and Nuclear India: Stable Deterrent or Proliferation Challenge?; Chapter 9 America's Response to the New World Dis(order); Chapter 10 The Gains and Costs of Non-Lethal Warfare; Chapter 11 Driving on the Right vs Driving on the Left: International Standards in Historical Perspective; Chapter 12 The Continuing Debate on Minimal Deterrence; Chapter 13 Some Conclusions;