LEADER 03435nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910782714503321 005 20230912134443.0 010 $a1-282-85178-0 010 $a9786612851780 010 $a0-7735-6263-X 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773562639 035 $a(CKB)1000000000713871 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000277289 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11218961 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277289 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240674 035 $a(PQKB)10637240 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400961 035 $a(CaBNvSL)jme00326581 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3330873 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141543 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL285178 035 $a(OCoLC)929121141 035 $a(DE-B1597)657291 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773562639 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/g5308h 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400961 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3330873 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3244617 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000713871 100 $a19930428d1990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBeyond nuclear thinking$b[electronic resource] /$fRobert W. Malcolmson 210 $aMontre?al $cMcGill-Queen's University Press$dc1990 215 $axiii, 141 p. ;$d24 cm 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7735-0802-3 311 $a0-7735-0784-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [119]-138) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t?The Great Deterrent? -- $tStanding Tall (But Naked) -- $tMake-Believe -- $tPeace through Fear -- $tEpilogue -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aMost of what is written on nuclear weapons concentrates, understandably, on the here and now: the nuclear threat is a central and continuing fact of modern history . But this is intellectually constricting, both for understanding the nuclear age and for making thoughtful political judgments. It is essential to recognize what we have inherited since 1945 and why people have thought about nuclear weapons in the way they have. In Beyond Nuclear Thinking, Robert Malcolmson analyses the development of nuclear weapons and nuclear strategy since 1945, connecting the legacies of the past with the politics of the 1990s. The nuclear nation states still consider it legitimate to use the threat of nuclear weapons to achieve their own ends. Malcolmson explains why the doctrine of "deterrence" became so central to the political idea of security and reveals the confused nature of recent approaches to the pursuit of international security. Beyond Nuclear Thinking presents a non-technical and broadly based interpretation of important aspects of life and thought in the nuclear age. 606 $aNuclear weapons$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aDeterrence (Strategy) 606 $aWorld politics$y1945-1989 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xHistory. 615 0$aNuclear weapons$xGovernment policy$xHistory. 615 0$aDeterrence (Strategy) 615 0$aWorld politics 676 $a327.1 700 $aMalcolmson$b Robert W$0676262 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782714503321 996 $aBeyond nuclear thinking$93703335 997 $aUNINA