Nuclear Statecraft : : History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age / / Francis J. Gavin.
We are at a critical juncture in world politics. Nuclear strategy and policy have risen to the top of the global policy agenda, and issues ranging from a nuclear Iran to the global zero movement are generating sharp debate. The historical origins of our contemporary nuclear world are deeply conseque...
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Gavin, Francis J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Nuclear Statecraft : History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age / Francis J. Gavin. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2012] ©2014 1 online resource (232 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. History, Theory, and Statecraft in the Nuclear Age -- 2. The Myth of Flexible Response -- 3. Nuclear Weapons, Statecraft, and the Berlin Crisis, 1958-1962 -- 4. Blasts from the Past -- 5. Nuclear Nixon -- 6. That Seventies Show -- 7. Same as It Ever Was? -- 8. Global Zero, History, and the "Nuclear Revolution" -- Notes -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star We are at a critical juncture in world politics. Nuclear strategy and policy have risen to the top of the global policy agenda, and issues ranging from a nuclear Iran to the global zero movement are generating sharp debate. The historical origins of our contemporary nuclear world are deeply consequential for contemporary policy, but it is crucial that decisions are made on the basis of fact rather than myth and misapprehension. In Nuclear Statecraft, Francis J. Gavin challenges key elements of the widely accepted narrative about the history of the atomic age and the consequences of the nuclear revolution.On the basis of recently declassified documents, Gavin reassesses the strategy of flexible response, the influence of nuclear weapons during the Berlin Crisis, the origins of and motivations for U.S. nuclear nonproliferation policy, and how to assess the nuclear dangers we face today. In case after case, he finds that we know far less than we think we do about our nuclear history. Archival evidence makes it clear that decision makers were more concerned about underlying geopolitical questions than about the strategic dynamic between two nuclear superpowers.Gavin's rigorous historical work not only tells us what happened in the past but also offers a powerful tool to explain how nuclear weapons influence international relations. Nuclear Statecraft provides a solid foundation for future policymaking. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Nuclear arms control Government policy United States History. Nuclear nonproliferation Government policy United States History. Nuclear weapons Government policy United States History. Political Science & Political History. U.S. History. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International). bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013 9783110536157 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110606744 print 9780801456756 https://doi.org/10.7591/9780801465765 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780801465765 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780801465765/original |
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