In the Valley of the Shadow
Subtitle: Reflections on the Morality of Nuclear Deterrence
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: November 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780820444734
Subjects: Deterrence (Military Science); Ethics Of War And Conflict; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; General; Ethics & Moral Philosophy; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur; Deterrence (Strategy); Military policy; Moral and ethical aspects; United States
Description: "In the years since Hiroshima, the United States has developed a policy of nuclear deterrence involving flexible response capped by assured destruction (FRAD). Implementing this policy has erected a massive system of armaments personnel, and a control and command structure that affects every area of national life. This work argues that the consequences of this structure, and the policy that motivates it, have been uniformly bad, and the nation's nuclear stance is profoundly immoral.

The arguments of philosophers, strategic thinkers, and political leaders are defended and criticized in the course of this argument."--BOOK JACKET.