The rise and fall of nuclearism : fear and faith as determinants of the arms race /

The rise and fall of nuclearism : fear and faith as determinants of the arms race /

The radical changes in the Soviet bloc and the ending of the Cold War have made the sheer absurdity of the arms race transparent to virtually all observers. Yet none of the current theories of the arms race provides a coherent and systematic account of how, in the belated words of Time magazine, suc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ungar, Sheldon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [1992], ©1992
University Park, Pa. : c1992
University Park, Pa. : ©1992
University Park, Pa. : c1992
University Park, Pa. : [1992]
Subjects:
Arms race > Psychological aspects
Nuclear energy > Psychological aspects
Nuclear weapons > Psychological aspects
Arms race
Nuclear energy
Nuclear weapons
Table of Contents:
  • 1. God, Progress, and the Great Collapse
  • 2. The Drama of Omnipotence
  • 3. The Testing and Display of Indispensable Power
  • 4. Managing the Confounding Power
  • 5. The Soviet Atomic Bomb-Korean War Panic
  • 6. Sputnik and the Challenge to America's Destiny
  • 7. The Cuban Missile Crisis
  • 8. Nuclear Forgetting versus Totalitarian Omnipotence
  • 9. First Strikes and the Window-of-Vulnerability Panic
  • 1 God, Progress, and the Great Collapse
  • 2. The Drama of Omnipotence
  • 3. The Testing and Display of Indispensable Power
  • 4. Managing the Confounding Power
  • 5. The Soviet Atomic Bomb-Korean War Panic
  • 6. Sputnik and the Challenge to America's Destiny
  • 7. The Cuban Missile Crisis
  • 8. Nuclear Forgetting versus Totalitarian Omnipotence
  • 9. First Strikes and the Window-of-Vulnerability Panic.

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