Thinking about strategy
Subtitle: a tribute to Sir Michael Quinlan
By: coordinated by Bruno Tertrais ; foreword by Thérèse Delpech
Contributors: Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (France); Delpech, Thérèse
Publisher: L'Harmattan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
ISBN-13: 9782296556188
Subjects: Influence; Nuclear weapons
Other titles: Harmatheque.
Description: This publication is a tribute to the memory of Sir Michael Quinlan, one of the most distinguished European strategic thinkers of the recent decades, who passed away in March 2009. Though not very well-known outside policy-making circles, Sir Michael had a unique career in UK government and NATO circles. What made him special was a rare combination of intellectual and human qualities, which made him an exceptional figure in the transatlantic community. His influence on Western strategic thinking was profound. In 2010, key American, British, and French analysts -- many of whom were close friends of his -- were asked by the Foundation for Strategic Research to discuss some of the most important issues of our time, in particular on nuclear policy matters, in the light of Sir Michael's thinking.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Thinking about nuclear weapons : a conversation in honor of Sir Michael Quinlan / Bruno Tertrais; title: The intellectual legacy of Sir Michael Quinlan / Lawrence Freedman; title: Nuclear weapons and the prevention of major war / Malcolm Chalmers; title: NATO, missile defense and nuclear weapons / Franklin C. Miller; title: Will there be a South Asian nuclear war? / Hilary Synnott; title: Reflections on nuclear opacity / Ariel E. Levite; title: Sir Michael Quinlan's nuclear nonproliferation insights / Henry Sokolski; title: Sir Michael Quinlan and the ethics of nuclear weapons / William Walker; title: The diminishing utility and justice of nuclear deterrence / George Perkovich; title: Aspiration and realism : a path toward a world without nuclear weapons? / Walter B. Slocombe; title: Necessary and proportionate : Sir Michael Quinlan on intelligence / David Omand.