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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      July 2010
      March 1993
      ISBN:
      9780511624650
      9780521382724
      9780521567725
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511624650
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.875kg, 436 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.691kg, 436 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Ethics, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy
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    Subjects:
    Area Studies, American Studies, American Government, Politics and Policy, Ethics, Politics and International Relations, Philosophy, Political Philosophy
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy
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    With the passing of the Cold War, a chapter in the history of nuclear deterrence has come to an end. Nuclear weapons remain, however, and nuclear deterrence will again be practiced. Rather than simply assume that the policy of deterrence has worked we need to learn the proper lessons from history in order to ensure that its mistakes are not repeated. Professor Lee furnishes us with the kind of analysis that will enable us to learn those lessons. This 1993 book is the first post-Cold War assessment of nuclear deterrence. It provides a comprehensive normative understanding of nuclear deterrence policy, examining both its ethical and strategic dimensions. The book poses the question: What kind of nuclear policy, if any, deserves both moral and prudential endorsement?

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    "...the wisdom of both his approach and his conclusions speak for themselves. Lee's work is an encyclopedia of the literature on nuclear deterrence....a tour de force and a must for those interested in the nuclear deterrence debate." Concerned Philosophers for Peace Newsletter

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