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Summary Of Take A Cold War By Kenneth Waltz

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Political scientist Kenneth Waltz suggests that the spread of nuclear weapon is not such a bad thing: Why might this be the case? What do you think of his argument? What are the major criticisms of it?
The Spread of Nuclear Weapons is essentially a debate between Sagan and Waltz over whether the nuclear proliferation will make the world safe or not. In this book, Waltz present his neorealist arguments that nuclear weapon will enhance global stability and prevent war cause the more state that possess nuclear weapon will make the world more safer. In this issue, Waltz take a Cold War as an example to show how fear of mutual assured destruction (MAD) reduced conflict between United State and Soviet Union.
In the past third of a century, conflict
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