Morality, Prudence, and Nuclear Weapons

Steven P Lee author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:26th Mar '93

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This 1993 book is the first post-Cold War assessment of nuclear deterrence, -providing a comprehensive normative understanding of nuclear deterrence policy.

This 1993 book is the first post-Cold War assessment of nuclear deterrence. It provides a comprehensive normative understanding of nuclear deterrence policy, examining both its ethical and strategic dimensions.With the passing of the Cold War, a chapter in the history of nuclear deterrence has come to an end. Nuclear weapons remain, however, and nuclear deterrence will again be practiced. Rather than simply assume that the policy of deterrence has worked we need to learn the proper lessons from history in order to ensure that its mistakes are not repeated. Professor Lee furnishes us with the kind of analysis that will enable us to learn those lessons. This 1993 book is the first post-Cold War assessment of nuclear deterrence. It provides a comprehensive normative understanding of nuclear deterrence policy, examining both its ethical and strategic dimensions. The book poses the question: What kind of nuclear policy, if any, deserves both moral and prudential endorsement?

"...the wisdom of both his approach and his conclusions speak for themselves. Lee's work is an encyclopedia of the literature on nuclear deterrence....a tour de force and a must for those interested in the nuclear deterrence debate." Concerned Philosophers for Peace Newsletter

ISBN: 9780521382724

Dimensions: 237mm x 161mm x 34mm

Weight: 875g

436 pages