Sir Vidia's shadow / Paul Theroux ; a friendship across five continents

• Record Nr.: UNISALENTO991003844209707536
• Autore: Theroux, Paul
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : Penguin books, 1999
• ISBN: 014028110X
• Descrizione fisica: VII, 382 p. ; 21 cm.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Abolition of nuclear weapons as a moral imperative / / John Kultgen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910808985303321
• Autore: Kultgen John H.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham : , : Lexington, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-7391-8820-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Disciplina: 172/.422
• Soggetti: Nuclear weapons - United States; War - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Chapter One: Introduction; I: Morality and National Policy; Chapter Two: Patriotic Abolitionism; Chapter Three: The Moral Dimension of Leadership; II: Moral Assessment ofNuclear Deterrence; Chapter Four: The Immorality of Nuclear Deterrence; Chapter Five: Global Strike Capability and the American Empire; Chapter Six: Deterrence and the Probability of Nuclear War; Chapter Seven: The Cost of Implementation; III: The Road Ahead; Chapter Eight: Abolition and Its ; Alternatives; Chapter Nine: The Challenge; Chapter Ten: Plans of Action; Chapter Eleven: Final Thoughts; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: This book advocates for the United States to abolish nuclear weapons, arguing its necessity in terms of the harmful consequences of nuclear deterrence. Kultgen's argument is based on conceptions of human rights and is couched in terms accessible to the disciplines that address human affairs in the social sciences, history, arts, and humanities.