Description |
xi, 417 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 401-408. |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Nuclear arms and the uses of fear / the editors -- pt. 1. Arms control issues: Nuclear weapons and the Atlantic Alliance / McGeorge Bundy, George F. Kennan, Robert S. McNamara, Gerard K. Smith -- Nuclear weapons and the preservation of peace / Karl Kaiser, Georg Leber, Alois Mertes, Franz-Josef Schulze -- Defending Europe without the bomb / the editors of 'The economist' -- Western Europe needs a nuclear option / Edward N. Luttwak -- A global freeze on nuclear weapons / Edward M. Kennedy -- In defense of deterrence / Charles Krauthammer -- 'No first use' requires a conventional build-up / Irving Kristol -- pt. 2. Peace movement: Revive the Ban-the-bomb movement / Sidney Lens -- Ban whose bomb? / William E. Griffith -- KGB's magical war for 'peace' / John Barron -- Counterfeit peacemakers / Rael Jean Isaac and Erich Isaac -- Soviet role in the peace movement / Vladimir Bukovsky -- Moscow's response to U.S. 'saber-rattling' / Boris Ponomarev -- Why peace movements fail / James Clotfelter -- pt. 3. Apocalyptic premise: Fate of the Earth / Jonathan Schell -- Apocalyptic panic is no help / Herman Kahn -- Nuclear holocaust in perspective / Michael Kinsley -- Recovery from nuclear attack / Jack C. Greene -- pt. 4. Churches and the nuclear arms: Nuclear morality / George F. Will -- Case for nuclear pacifism / Bishop Roger Mahony -- Church's view on nuclear arms / Bishop John J. O'Connor -- Peace bishops / Michael Novak -- Military balance is essential to peace / Central Committee of german Catholics -- Deterrence is morally acceptable / Pope John Paul II -- Moral imperative of nuclear disarmament / four American Protestant bodies -- An ethic of purity vs. an ethic of responsibility / Wolfhart Pannenberg -- pt. 5. Official views: Peace, tyranny, and arms control / Ronald Reagan -- Strategy, deterrence, and arms control / Caspar W. Weinberger -- Highlights of U.S. arms control policy / Department of State -- Soviet approach to arms control / Leonid Brezhnev -- Peace with freedom and justice / Margaret Thatcher. |
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Nuclear warfare -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Nuclear warfare -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Nuclear warfare -- Religious aspects.
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Nuclear warfare -- Religious aspects. |
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Antinuclear movement.
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Antinuclear movement. |
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United States -- Military policy.
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United States. |
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Military policy. |
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Europe -- Defenses.
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Europe. |
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United States -- Military policy -- Religious aspects.
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Bewapening. |
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Kernwapens. |
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Defenses. |
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Vredesbeweging. |
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MILITARY POLICY. |
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UNITED STATES. |
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NUCLEAR WAR. |
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PEACE MOVEMENTS. |
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RELIGIOUS ASPECTS. |
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DETERRENCE. |
Added Author |
Lefever, Ernest W.
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Hunt, E. Stephen, 1948-
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Ethics and Public Policy Center (Washington, D.C.)
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ISBN |
0896330621 : $14.00 |
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9780896330627 |
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089633063X paperback $9.00 |
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9780896330634 paperback |
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