The Nuclear Dilemma in American Strategic Thought

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-0-367-30995-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 142 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

Since the end of World War II, the United States has faced moral and strategic issues in its management of force that are unique in the history of international politics. At the heart of these issues is the heavy reliance of the United States and its allies on the deterrent effect of nuclear weapons and the fact that their use would very likely lea

Autoren/Hrsg.

Osgood, Robert E

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Militär- und Verteidigungstechnik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword -- Military Strategy and Security in the Nuclear Era -- The Spectrum of Approaches to the Nuclear Dilemma -- Extended Deterrence -- The Decline of Arms Control -- The New Strategic Debate -- Toward a Concept of Just Deterrence

Über Autor(innen)

Robert E. Osgood was, at the time of his death in 1986, Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy and co-director of the security studies program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).