The tradition of non-use of nuclear weapons
By: T.V. Paul.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780804761314; 9780804761321
Subjects: Nuclear weapons -- Government policy; Nuclear nonproliferation -- Government policy; Nuclear weapons -- Moral and ethical aspects; Nuclear warfare -- Psychological aspects; Deterrence (Strategy)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Bases of the tradition of non-use; title: The United States and the tradition I : the Truman and Eisenhower years (1945-1960); title: The United States and the tradition II : Kennedy to Clinton (1960-2002); title: Russia, the UK, France, China and the tradition; title: The second-generation nuclear states : Israel, India, Pakistan and the tradition; title: Non-nuclear states, the tradition, and limited wars; title: The tradition and the nonproliferation regime; title: Changing U.S. policies and the tradition.