Nuclear Statecraft: History and Strategy in America's Atomic Age 核纲领: 美国原子时代的历史和战略
- 作者
- 出版社 Cornell University Press
- 出版时间 2012年11月
- ISBN 0801451019 或 9780801451010
- 定价 368.00
内容简介
Weareatacriticaljunctureinworldpolitics.Nuclearstrategyandpolicyhaverisentothetopoftheglobalpolicyagenda,andissuesrangingfromanuclearIrantotheglobalzeromovementaregeneratingsharpdebate.Thehistoricaloriginsofourcontemporarynuclearworldaredeeplyconsequentialforcontemporarypolicy,butitiscrucialthatdecisionsaremadeonthebasisoffactratherthanmythandmisapprehension.InNuclearStatecraft,FrancisJ.Gavinchallengeskeyelementsofthewidelyacceptednarrativeaboutthehistoryoftheatomicageandtheconsequencesofthenuclearrevolution.Onthebasisofrecentlydeclassifieddocuments,Gavinreassessesthestrategyofflexibleresponse,theinfluenceofnuclearweaponsduringtheBerlinCrisis,theoriginsofandmotivationsforU.S.nuclearnonproliferationpolicy,andhowtoassessthenucleardangerswefacetoday.Incaseaftercase,hefindsthatweknowfarlessthanwethinkwedoaboutournuclearhistory.Archivalevidencemakesitclearthatdecisionmakersweremoreconcernedaboutunderlyinggeopoliticalquestionsthanaboutthestrategicdynamicbetweentwonuclearsuperpowers.Gavin'srigoroushistoricalworknotonlytellsuswhathappenedinthepastbutalsooffersapowerfultooltoexplainhownuclearweaponsinfluenceinternationalrelations.NuclearStatecraftprovidesasolidfoundationforfuturepolicymaking.
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