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

Informationen zum Autor Nina Tannenwald is associate research professor at the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University. Klappentext An examination of why the United States has not used nuclear weapons since 1945. Zusammenfassung 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! based on the feeling that nuclear weapons are not a legitimate weapon of war. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: the tradition of nuclear non-use; 2. Explaining non-use; 3. Hiroshima and the origins of the nuclear taboo; 4. The Korean War: the emerging taboo; 5. The rise of the nuclear taboo, 1953-1960; 6. Nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War; 7. Institutionalizing the taboo, 1960-1989; 8. The 1991 Gulf War; 9. The taboo in the post-Cold War world; 10. Conclusion: the prospects for the nuclear taboo.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nina Tannenwald
• Editore: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 19.12.2007
• EAN: 9780521524285
• ISBN: 978-0-521-52428-5
• Dimensioni: 153 mm x 228 mm x 28 mm
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in International Relations; Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in Internati; Cambridge Studies in International Relations
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva