This is a text on the traditional questions of nuclear deterrence and the unconventional answers suggested by the emerging new world order. These widely-ranging essays by scholars, policymakers and moral philosophers present rival ideas about the morality of alternative means for preserving mutual security as the world moves beyond the Cold War.
By:
Charles Kegley
Edited by:
Kenneth L. Schwab
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367015923
ISBN 10: 0367015927
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 29 November 2021
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Part 1 At issue - deterrence in the post-Cold War era, Charles W. Kegley, Jr and Kenneth L. Schwab. Part 2 The views of policymakers and strategic theorists: military power and the passing Cold War, Richard Perle; what stakes would justify the use of weapons of mass destruction?, Sir Hugh Beach; now more than ever - no first use, Paul C. Warnke. Part 3 The views of policy analysts and peace researchers: deterrence, nuclear weapons, morality and war, John Mueller; what power do nuclear weapons give their possessors? - the basic instability of deterrence, Kenneth E. Boulding; MAD (Minimum Assured Deterrence) is still the moral position, Paul M. Kattenburg; an acceptable role for nuclear weapons?, Bruce Martin Russett. Part 4 The views of moral philosophers and religious leaders: ordering our destiny - politics, strategy and ethics, Joseph Cardinal Bernardin; from pacifism to apocalyptic visions - religious perspectives on nuclear deterrence, Janice Love; can contemporary war be just? - elements in the moral debate, James Turner Johnson. Part 5 New thinking and old questions: on the scholarly study of nuclear deterrence - historical roots of the new discourse, Steven W. Hook and William A. Clark; the post-Cold War context - the contributors' dialogue in perspective, Jonathan Davidson.
Charles Kegley (Author) , Kenneth Schwab (Author)
