Five myths about nuclear weapons /
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| Author / Creator: | Wilson, Ward. |
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| Imprint: | Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. |
| Description: | 187 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8966414 |
| Summary: | An explosive rethinking of the power and purpose of nuclear weapons--and a call for radical action <br> <br> <br> <br> Nuclear weapons have always been a serious but seemingly insoluble problem: while they're obviously dangerous, they are also, apparently, necessary. This groundbreaking study shows why five central arguments promoting nuclear weapons are, in essence, myths. It is a myth:<br> <br> <br> <br> * that nuclear weapons necessarily shock and awe opponents, including Japan at the end of World War II<br> <br> * that nuclear deterrence is reliable in a crisis<br> <br> * that destruction wins wars<br> <br> * that the bomb has kept the peace for sixty-five years<br> <br> * and that we can't put the nuclear genie back in the bottle<br> <br> <br> <br> Drawing on new information and the latest historical research, Wilson poses a fundamental challenge to the myths on which nuclear weapons policy is currently built. Using pragmatic arguments and an unemotional, clear-eyed insistence on the truth, he arrives at a surprising conclusion: nuclear weapons are enormously dangerous, but don't appear to be terribly useful. In that case, he asks, why would we want to keep them?<br> <br> <br> <br> This book will be widely read and discussed by everyone who cares about war, peace, foreign policy, and security in the twenty-first century. |
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| Physical Description: | 187 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-179) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780547857879 054785787X |
