Atomic anxiety : deterrence, taboo and the non-use of U.S. nuclear weapons /: deterrence, taboo and the non-use of U.S. nuclear weapons. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Frank Sauer.
• Authors: Sauer, Frank
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Puzzling Non-use of U.S. Nuclear Weapons after 1945; 2. Explaining Nuclear Non-use: Nuclear Deterrence, the Nuclear Taboo, the Tradition of Non-use and Identifying Causal Factors; 3. Understanding Nuclear Non-use: Focusing on Meaning, Language and Agency; 4. Revisiting Nuclear Non-use: The Cuban Missile Crisis, Presidential Language and the Study of Atomic Anxiety as a Key Emotion in International Politics; 5. Conclusion: The Danger of Complacency in Nuclear Policy-making
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 327.17470973; Nuclear arms control -- United States; Nuclear weapons -- United States; Government/International; International Relations/General; Nuclear weapons; Warfare & defence
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137533753; 1137533757
• Related ISBNs: 9781137533739
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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