LEADER 02550nam 2200553 450 001 9910808985303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7391-8820-8 035 $a(CKB)3710000000470847 035 $a(EBL)4085728 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001543888 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16134468 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001543888 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14497999 035 $a(PQKB)11276663 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4085728 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4085728 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11125067 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL827462 035 $a(OCoLC)920466308 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000470847 100 $a20141210h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAbolition of nuclear weapons as a moral imperative /$fJohn Kultgen 210 1$aLanham :$cLexington,$d[2015] 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (215 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-8819-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aNuclear weapons$zUnited States 606 $aWar$xMoral and ethical aspects$zUnited States 615 0$aNuclear weapons 615 0$aWar$xMoral and ethical aspects 676 $a172/.422 700 $aKultgen$b John H.$0902716 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910808985303321 996 $aAbolition of nuclear weapons as a moral imperative$93984631 997 $aUNINA