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Games of Chicken: Four Decades of U.S. Nuclear Policy
by Schwartzman, David
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Games of Chicken proposes basing nuclear weapons policies on both historical and analytical arguments. Schwartzman analyzes the trade-off between the aggression risk, which U.S. policy has sought to minimize, and the pre-emption risk, which has been ignored. This analysis is then applied to policy developments under each of the post-war U.S. presidents. The historical analysis also demonstrates the importance of the role of myths in the development of policy, most notably: the myth of the nuclear strategy expert; the evil empire myth; and the economic necessity myth. Finally, the author proposes a viable solution to the increasing build-up of nuclear weapons, one which would minimize the preemption risk.
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- Praeger Brand
- Feb 18, 1988 Pub Date:
- 0275928845 ISBN-10:
- 9780275928841 ISBN-13:
- English Language
- 9 in * 0.63 in * 6 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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