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OverviewWe are at a critical juncture in world politics. Nuclear strategy and policy have risen to the top of the global policy agenda, and issues ranging from a nuclear Iran to the global zero movement are generating sharp debate. The historical origins of our contemporary nuclear world are deeply consequential for contemporary policy, but it is crucial that decisions are made on the basis of fact rather than myth and misapprehension. In Nuclear Statecraft, Francis J. Gavin challenges key elements of the widely accepted narrative about the history of the atomic age and the consequences of the nuclear revolution. On the basis of recently declassified documents, Gavin reassesses the strategy of flexible response, the influence of nuclear weapons during the Berlin Crisis, the origins of and motivations for U.S. nuclear nonproliferation policy, and how to assess the nuclear dangers we face today. In case after case, he finds that we know far less than we think we do about our nuclear history. Archival evidence makes it clear that decision makers were more concerned about underlying geopolitical questions than about the strategic dynamic between two nuclear superpowers. Gavin's rigorous historical work not only tells us what happened in the past but also offers a powerful tool to explain how nuclear weapons influence international relations. Nuclear Statecraft provides a solid foundation for future policymaking. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Francis J. GavinPublisher: Cornell University Press Imprint: Cornell University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.907kg ISBN: 9780801451010ISBN 10: 0801451019 Pages: 232 Publication Date: 11 October 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English Table of Contents"1. History, Theory, and Statecraft in the Nuclear Age 2. The Myth of Flexible Response: American Strategy in Europe during the 1960s 3. Nuclear Weapons, Statecraft, and the Berlin Crisis, 1958-1962 4. Blasts from the Past: Proliferation Lessons from the 1960s 5. Nuclear Nixon 6. That Seventies Show: The Consequences of Parity Revisited 7. Same as It Ever Was? Nuclear Weapons in the Twenty-First Century 8. Global Zero, History, and the ""Nuclear Revolution"" Notes Index"Reviews<p> How do nuclear weapons affect the way international politics works? The question is extraordinarily important, and how we answer it can have a profound effect on how we think-or should think-about basic issues of policy. In Nuclear Statecraft, Francis J. Gavin not only shows what is wrong with the way that issue has been dealt with but also shows how much insight-that is, fresh insight-one can get into these problems by bringing the method and sensibility of the professional historian to bear. His historical analysis breaks new ground in all kinds of ways: many of Gavin's points will force you to rethink what you thought you knew about nuclear issues. This is a stimulating, thoughtful, and rather unconventional book--the kind of book anyone with a serious interest in nuclear issues should read. -Marc Trachtenberg, UCLA, author of A Constructed Peace: The Making of the European Settlement, 1945-1963 <p> How do nuclear weapons affect the way international politics works? The question is extraordinarily important, and how we answer it can have a profound effect on how we think or should think about basic issues of policy. In Nuclear Statecraft, Francis J. Gavin not only shows what is wrong with the way that issue has been dealt with but also shows how much insight that is, fresh insight one can get into these problems by bringing the method and sensibility of the professional historian to bear. His historical analysis breaks new ground in all kinds of ways: many of Gavin's points will force you to rethink what you thought you knew about nuclear issues. This is a stimulating, thoughtful, and rather unconventional book -the kind of book anyone with a serious interest in nuclear issues should read. Marc Trachtenberg, UCLA, author of A Constructed Peace: The Making of the European Settlement, 1945 1963 Nuclear Statecraft is a provocative and fascinating book. The writing is lucid, the analysis tightly woven and sophisticated, and the book's core conclusion that much of what is said and thought about nuclear policy today remains hobbled by a pervasive ignorance of history (even, or perhaps especially, among nuclear policy experts) is well argued and compelling. This book makes a significant contribution to the body of scholarly research about the evolution of US nuclear policy. Janne E. Nolan, Nonproliferation Review Author InformationFrancis J. Gavin is Director of the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas and Tom Slick Professor of International Affairs at the LBJ School of Public Affairs. He is the author of Gold, Dollars, and Power: The Politics of International Monetary Relations, 1958-1971. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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