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If I had to recommend just one book to give someone the broad foundation needed for an informed conversation about U.S. nuclear strategy, I would hand them this one without hesitation. From the birth of nuclear weapons onward, I was able to read in one sitting how the United States changed its nuclear strategy in response to diplomatic and security conditions around the world and arrived at its current position. For general readers interested in foreign affairs and security, it can serve as an
This book is highly valuable because it presents the big picture of U.S. nuclear strategy, which many scholars had previously described only in fragments depending on the situation, and offers a detailed narrative of it. I recommend it to all military personnel, scholars, and people working in related fields who are considering how to respond to North Korea's nuclear threat, the greatest threat facing South Korea today.
A well-organized account of the development of U.S. nuclear strategy in chronological order. Recommended for people working in defense or security.
When Oppenheimer was released last summer, many people became interested in how nuclear weapons were created and first used. But the film doesn't tell us what happened to nuclear weapons after they left Oppenheimer's hands, or why the world neither saw all wars end through nuclear deterrence, as Oppenheimer had hoped, nor spiraled toward doom in the chain reaction of proliferation he feared. This book tells the story after Oppenheimer: how nuclear weapons emerged and developed up to the
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Now that nuclear threats are rising because Russia and China are expanding their nuclear forces and shifting toward more offensive nuclear strategies, while North Korea continues developing nuclear weapons and strengthening its capabilities, this is essential reading for properly understanding U.S. nuclear strategy. The advent of nuclear weapons was an unprecedented military revolution in human history, but also a catastrophe that made the fear of humanity's annihilation real. The purpose of military power changed fundamentally with the arrival of nuclear weapons. In the past, military power was a means of starting wars and changing the status quo; in the nuclear age, it became a means of preventing war from happening in the first place. Bernard Brodie, the American military strategist called “America's Clausewitz” for laying the foundations of nuclear strategy, once said, “Until now, the chief purpose of military power has been to win wars. From now on, its purpose will be to deter them. That may be almost its only useful purpose.” This change suggests that nuclear weapons came to play an important role not only as instruments of destruction, but also in strategic stability and maintaining international order. In other words, nuclear weapons are military arms with strategic and political significance. For the 80 years since nuclear weapons were created, nuclear-armed states have wrestled with how to use them strategically and have developed their own nuclear strategies. Nuclear strategy means an overall approach to using means to achieve objectives: developing nuclear weapons, deciding how many to possess, deploying them, and determining how to use them. It is also closely linked to international agendas such as nuclear arms control and nonproliferation, because international cooperation and controls can influence how nuclear weapons are used.
Korean title: 미국의 핵전략
Korean author: 이만석 외
Korean publisher: 플래닛미디어
ISBN-13: 9791187822844
Reviews
If I had to recommend just one book to give someone the broad foundation needed for an informed conversation about U.S. nuclear strategy, I would hand them this one without hesitation. From the birth of nuclear weapons onward, I was able to read in one sitting how the United States changed its nuclear strategy in response to diplomatic and security conditions around the world and arrived at its current position. For general readers interested in foreign affairs and security, it can serve as an
This book is highly valuable because it presents the big picture of U.S. nuclear strategy, which many scholars had previously described only in fragments depending on the situation, and offers a detailed narrative of it. I recommend it to all military personnel, scholars, and people working in related fields who are considering how to respond to North Korea's nuclear threat, the greatest threat facing South Korea today.
A well-organized account of the development of U.S. nuclear strategy in chronological order. Recommended for people working in defense or security.
When Oppenheimer was released last summer, many people became interested in how nuclear weapons were created and first used. But the film doesn't tell us what happened to nuclear weapons after they left Oppenheimer's hands, or why the world neither saw all wars end through nuclear deterrence, as Oppenheimer had hoped, nor spiraled toward doom in the chain reaction of proliferation he feared. This book tells the story after Oppenheimer: how nuclear weapons emerged and developed up to the
