Nuclear Mentalities?: Strategies and Beliefs in Britain, France and the Frg (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780333693896)

Concepts associated with nuclear strategy often go beyond any 'objective' logic of deterrence. Nuclear weapons have special roles in different national belief-systems, myths surround them, they have catalysed tensions already existing in societies, become symbols of power or of past sins. This book delves into the conscious and subconscious beliefs in Britain, France and the Federal Republic of Germany (all voiced in debates about nuclear strategy) about society, the State and power structures, each country's place in the world, the international system, allies and enemies.

Author: B. Heuser
ISBN-10: 0333693892
ISBN-13: 9780333693896
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 08/10/1998
Pages: 277
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d