The minimum means of reprisal : China's search for security in the nuclear age / Jeffrey G. Lewis.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. The minimum means of reprisal -- Ch. 2. Chinese strategic forces, 2006 -- Ch. 3. Chinese strategic nuclear forces : evolution and design -- Ch. 4. China's participation in the conference on disarmament -- Ch. 5. Competing explanations for China's arms control behavior -- Ch. 6. U.S. nuclear posture and the logic of restraint -- Ch. 7. A legal undertaking to prevent an arms race in outer space -- Ch. 8. China's search for security in the nuclear age -- App. A. CD/579 : China's basic position on the prevention of an arms race in outer space (15 March 1985) -- App. B. CD/1606 : China's position on and suggestions for ways to address the issue of prevention of an arms race in outer space at the conference on disarmament (9 February 2000) -- App. C. CD/1645 : possible elements of the future international legal instrument on the prevention of the weaponization of outer space (6 June 2001) -- App. D. CD/1679 : possible elements for a future international legal agreement on the prevention of the deployment of weapons in outer space, the threat or use of force against outer space objects (28 June 2002) -- App. E. CD/1769 : compilation of comments and suggestions to the CD PAROS working paper (CD/1679) (14 February 2006).