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Zusatztext "This is a very important book! peculiarly apt for the new millennium...The authors are all world-class experts on nuclear weapons! and on the ramifications of nuclear politics! nuclear strategy and nuclear dangers." The Tablet! 11/03/2000! Brian Wicker Klappentext In recent years, a major debate has emerged over the future role of nuclear weapons in world politics. Focusing attention on the role of nuclear weapons in the post-cold war world, this book argues that unlike the debates which emerged during the cold war period, the contemporary debate has taken place largely in private, with only limited involvement by the general public. Contributions from leading academics take up key themes that have emerged in the controversy. Zusammenfassung A major debate has emerged in recent years, which centres on the future role of nuclear weapons in world politics. Focusing attention to the role of nuclear weapons in the post-cold war world, the book argues that unlike the debates which emerged during the cold war period, the contemporary debate has taken place largely in private, with only limited involvement by the general public. What is also significant is the traditional 'left-wing' versus Establishment divide has also largely disappeared. Furthermore, a growing number of senior military and defence officials and governments allied with the United States, openly advocate the abolition of nuclear weapons. One of the features of the post-cold war debate is that statesman and scholars alike have begun to think the unthinkable–to consider the possibility of reducing the size of nuclear arsenals, and eventually for abolishing them completely. Contributions from leading academics highlight the key themes that have emerged in this debate. The book aims to generate a wider debate about a subject which, despite the changes that have taken place over the last two decades, continues to be of supreme importance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface: The Contemporary Debate about Nuclear Weapons 1: Colin Gray: To Confuse Ourselves: Nuclear Fallacies 2: George Quester: The Unavoidable Importance of Nuclear Weapons 3: Michael Quinlan: Aspiration, Realism and Practical Policy 4: Lawrence Freedman: Eliminators, Marginalists and the Politics of Disarmament 5: John Baylis: Nuclear Weapons, Prudence and Morality: The Search for a# Third Way 6: Efraim Karsh: Nuclear Weapons and the Post-Cold War Middle East: Business as Usual 7: Ramesh Thakur: The South Asian Nuclear Challenge 8: Harald Müller: Nuclear Disarmament: The Case for Incrimentalism 9: Michael McGwire: The Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 10: Robert McNamara: Reflecting on War in the 21st Century: The Context for Nuclear Abolition 11: Lee Butler: At the End of a Journey: The Risks of Cold War Thinking in a New Era 12: Robert ONeill: Weapons of the Under Dog Appendix 1: Prepared Statement on the Future of Nuclear Deterrence Appendix 2: Legality of the use by a State of Nuclear Weapons in Armed Confict Appendix 3: 1996 Pronouncement on Nuclear Weapons Appendix 4: Executive Summary ...
