LEADER 04258nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910462217703321 005 20211102013815.0 010 $a0-8014-5675-4 010 $a0-8014-6532-X 010 $a0-8014-6576-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801465765 035 $a(CKB)2670000000275839 035 $a(OCoLC)815621173 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10614231 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000756479 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11467445 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000756479 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10750054 035 $a(PQKB)10638194 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138390 035 $a(OCoLC)1080550853 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58272 035 $a(DE-B1597)481693 035 $a(OCoLC)961676879 035 $a(OCoLC)987933927 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801465765 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138390 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10614231 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681602 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000275839 100 $a20120530d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aNuclear statecraft$b[electronic resource] $ehistory and strategy in America's atomic age /$fFrancis J. Gavin 210 $aIthaca ;$aLondon $cCornell University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 225 0 $aCornell Studies in Security Affairs 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a1-322-50320-6 311 0 $a0-8014-5101-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. History, Theory, and Statecraft in the Nuclear Age --$t2. The Myth of Flexible Response --$t3. Nuclear Weapons, Statecraft, and the Berlin Crisis, 1958-1962 --$t4. Blasts from the Past --$t5. Nuclear Nixon --$t6. That Seventies Show --$t7. Same as It Ever Was? --$t8. Global Zero, History, and the "Nuclear Revolution" --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aWe 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. 606 $aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aNuclear nonproliferation$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aNuclear arms control$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1945-1989 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y1989- 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy$xHistory. 615 0$aNuclear nonproliferation$xGovernment policy$xHistory. 615 0$aNuclear arms control$xGovernment policy$xHistory. 676 $a355.02/170973 700 $aGavin$b Francis J$01040335 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462217703321 996 $aNuclear statecraft$92463098 997 $aUNINA