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The Nuclear Taboo - The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945 (Paperback)
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The Nuclear Taboo - The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945 (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in International Relations
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Why have nuclear weapons not been used since Hiroshima and Nagasaki
in 1945? Nina Tannenwald disputes the conventional answer of
'deterrence' in favour of what she calls a nuclear taboo - a
widespread inhibition on using nuclear weapons - which has arisen
in global politics. Drawing on newly released archival sources,
Tannenwald traces the rise of the nuclear taboo, the forces that
produced it, and its influence, particularly on US leaders. She
analyzes four critical instances where US leaders considered using
nuclear weapons (Japan 1945, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and
the Gulf War 1991) and examines how the nuclear taboo has
repeatedly dissuaded US and other world leaders from resorting to
these 'ultimate weapons'. Through a systematic analysis, Tannenwald
challenges conventional conceptions of deterrence and offers a
compelling argument on the moral bases of nuclear restraint as well
as an important insight into how nuclear war can be avoided in the
future.
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