| Cold War Statesmen Confront the Bomb: Nuclear Diplomacy Since 1945 Contributor(s): Gaddis, John Lewis (Editor), Gordon, Philip H. (Editor), May, Ernest R. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198294689 ISBN-13: 9780198294689 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $209.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1999 Annotation: This book is a path-breaking work that uses biographical techniques to test one of the most widely debated questions in international politics: Did the advent of the nuclear bomb prevent the Third World War? The book's authors argue almost unanimously that nuclear weapons did have a significant effect on the thinking of the leading statesmen of the nuclear age, but a dissenting epilogue from John Mueller challenges this thesis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | Security (national & International) - History | Military - Nuclear Warfare |
| Dewey: 327.470 |
| LCCN: 98-49340 |
| Lexile Measure: 1660 |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 6.44" W x 9.39" (1.62 lbs) 408 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 1940's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a path-breaking work that uses biographical techniques to test one of the most widely debated questions in international politics: Did the advent of the nuclear bomb prevent the Third World War? The book's authors argue almost unanimously that nuclear weapons did have a significant effect on the thinking of the leading statesmen of the nuclear age, but a dissenting epilogue from John Mueller challenges this thesis. |