Nina Tannenwald

Gebundenes Buch

The Nuclear Taboo

The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945

Beschreibung

There has been no use of nuclear weapons since Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Nina Tannenwald argues that this was not inevitable, but that a tradition of non-use of nuclear weapons has grown up, a tradition that is not simply explained by theories of deterrence. This tradition is based on the feeling that nuclear weapons are not a legitimate weapon of war, a feeling which has grown stronger as nuclear arsenals have become ever more deadly. Tannenwald illustrates her argument by examining the nuclear experience of the United States since 1945.

Autor

Nina Tannenwald is associate research professor at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 472
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 911g
• ISBN-13: 9780521818865
• ISBN-10: 0521818869
• Artikelnr.: 21303424

Rezensionen

'At a time when the actual use of nuclear weapons is being contemplated as 'mini-nukes' or 'bunker-busters', Nina Tannenwald's book is a timely reminder of humanity's visceral recoiling from the use of the world's most destructive weapon.' Jayantha Dhanapala, Former United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs and former Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the USA