Nuclear Monopoly
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: July 7, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9780765800220
Subjects: International relations; Nuclear weapons; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Military - Nuclear Warfare; Nuclear Proliferation; Post Cold War History; History - Military / War; Nuclear Energy; History: World; Former Soviet Union, USSR (Europe); USA; HIS; HIS037070; Military policy; Modern - 20th Century/Nuclear Age; History / General; United States; Deterrence (Strategy); Modern - 20th Century; World politics; 1945-1955; 20th century; History
Description: "Quester demonstrates that the notion of mutual assured destruction was rooted in the questionable assumption that assured destruction must be mutual and that the United States "of course" would never consider preventive war. He explores the logic of these assumptions against the historical circumstances of the years 1945-1949 and the thinking of influential personalities and decision-makers that determined U.S. nuclear policy.".

"The options of the next century will never be what they were from 1945 to 1949, but this study of the military and strategic decision making provides important insights for future conflicts. Nuclear Monopoly will be of interest to military historians, policymakers, and political scientists."--BOOK JACKET.