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1 online resource (769 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Credits; General Introduction: The Machines of Armageddon; PART ONE CONFRONTING THE NUCLEAR CRISIS; Chapter 1 Facing Up to Nuclear Extinction; 1. Imagine One Nuclear Bomb; 2. Effects of the Use of Nuclear Weapons; 3. A Republic of Insects and Grass; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Selected Bibliography; Chapter 2 Understanding the Arms Race; 4. Why Do Arms Races Occur?; 5. Political Distrust as Generator of the Arms Race: Prisoners' and Security Dilemmas; 6. SALT II: A Symptom of the Arms Race |
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Questions for Reflection and DiscussionSelected Bibliography; Chapter 3 Combating the Crime of Silence; 7. Beyond Psychic Numbing: A Call to Awareness; 8. Pastoral Letter on War and Peace-The Challenge of Peace: God's Promise and Our Response; 9. Statement on the Illegality of Nuclear Weapons; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Selected Bibliography; PART TWO RETHINKING SOME BASIC ASSUMPTIONS; Chapter 4 Rethinking ""Security; 10. Myths and Realities of Security; 11. The Illusion of Security; 12. Military Spending and Economic Decay; 13. Nuclear Weapons and the End of Democracy |
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Questions for Reflection and DiscussionSelected Bibliography; Chapter 5 Rethinking ""Deterrence; 14. Deterrence and Its Contradictions; 15. Nuclear Strategy and World Order: The United States Imperative; 16. The Prospects for Deterrence; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Selected Bibliography; Chapter 6 Rethinking ""The Enemy; 17. Soviet Perceptions of the U.S.-Results of a Surrogate Interview Project; 18. Relations Between the United States and the Soviet Union-Accuracy of U.S. Perceptions; 19. Two Views of the Soviet Problem; 20. Soviet Conceptions of ""Security, |
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21. Dubious Specter: A Skeptical Look at the Soviet Nuclear ThreatQuestions for Reflection and Discussion; Selected Bibliography; PART THREE OPTING FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT; Chapter 7 Overcoming Distrust and Competition; 22. Psychological Aspects of Disarmament and International Negotiations; 23. Disarmament Demands GRIT; 24. National Security and U.S.-Soviet Relations; 25. Getting to ""Yes"" in the Nuclear Age; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Selected Bibliography; Chapter 8 Breaking the Momentum Toward Nuclear War; 26. Nuclear Weapons and the Atlantic Alliance |
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27. Call to Halt the Nuclear Arms Race-Proposal for a Mutual U.S.-Soviet Nuclear-Weapon Freeze28. A Modest Proposal; 29. How to Break the Momentum of the Nuclear Arms Race; 30. Elements of a Programme for Arms Control and Disarmament: The Nuclear Challenge and East-West Relations; Questions for Reflection and Discussion; Selected Bibliography; Chapter 9 Curbing the Nuclear Danger; 31. Potentials for Curbing the Qualitative Arms Race; 32. Strategies for Control; 33. Nuclear Policy and World Order: Why Denuclearization? |
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34. Elements of a Programme for Arms Control and Disarmament: Curbing the Qualitative Arms Race and Assuring Confidence Among States |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000003161 |
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1000003167 |
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9780429269349 |
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042926934X |
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