Nuclear Deterrence and Moral Restraint: Critical Choices for American Strategy

By David Levinson Wilk

This important collection of essays brings together the work of prominent philosophers, political scientists, policy analysts, and defence consultants. It takes as its point of departure two central tendencies in current nuclear strategy: mutual assured destruction (MAD) and nuclear utilization target selections (NUTS). The essays examine and assess the arguments for these and other positions on the spectrum of policy options, and elaborate the implications of this analysis for strategic policy and for the further pursuit of research into SDI, and other matters.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521380634
• ISBN13: 9780521380638
• Release Date: September 1989
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

An anthology of articulate, well-reasoned essays

This collection of political essays (many/most previously-published) by an expatriate Englishman are often beautifully written and well-observed; Raban, also known for his travel writing, has a wonderful eye for detail. He also has a knack for identifying and describing that particular and peculiar American characteristic: a kind of zealous idealism first seen in Winthrop's "city on a hill" oration. The joy of these essays...

Outside view

A small but valuable and articulate series of essays on 9/11 and subsequent events and issues written from the vantage point of a British author living on the West Coast of the US. Raban builds upon insights into Arabic culture acquired for an earlier work to offer a perceptive point of view. Recommended.