The Nuclear Dilemma In American Strategic Thought

Robert E. Osgood (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

138 Seiten

2021
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-30995-4 (ISBN)

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This text explores the evolution of postwar strategic thought in the United States, examining implications of the nuclear dilemma in a all aspects of the nuclear deterrence debate. His discussion of the issues is both a personal essay by a participant in the debate and a major contribution to the development of strategic thought in the future.

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

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).

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

Erscheinungsdatum	02.06.2021
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	144 x 229 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-367-30995-5 / 0367309955
ISBN-13	978-0-367-30995-4 / 9780367309954
Zustand	Neuware