The absolute weapon revisited : nuclear arms and the emerging international order/ edited by T.V. Paul, Richard J. Harknett, and James J. Wirtz.

Revised papers originally presented at a conference held at McGill University in Montreal in Nov. 1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Power, influence, and nuclear weapons / T.V. Paul -- State preferences, systemic constraints, and the absolute weapon / Richard J. Harknett -- Escalating irrelevance of nuclear weapons / John Mueller -- Nuclear weapons and the revolution in military affairs / Colin S. Gray -- Beyond bipolarity / James J. Wirtz -- Continuing debate on minimal deterrence / George H. Quester -- U.S. nuclear policy and the end of the Cold War / Eric Mlyn -- Deterrence and alternative images of nuclear possession / William C. Martel -- New nuclear states and the international nuclear order / Ashok Kapur -- Nonproliferation and denuclearization / Robert A. Manning and Zachary S. Davis.