Cold War statesmen confront the bomb [electronic resource] : nuclear diplomacy since 1945 / edited by John Lewis Gaddis ... [et al.].
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999Description: 1 online resource (ix, 398 p.) : ill.ISBN: 9780191601538 (ebook) :; 0191601535 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Nuclear arms control | Cold War | United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union | Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United StatesAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780198294689DDC classification: 327.4'7'073'09045 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This text uses biographical techniques to test the question: did the advent of the nuclear bomb prevent World War III? It examines the careers of ten Cold War statesmen, and asks whether they viewed war, and its acceptability, differently after the advent of the bomb.Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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This text uses biographical techniques to test the question: did the advent of the nuclear bomb prevent World War III? It examines the careers of ten Cold War statesmen, and asks whether they viewed war, and its acceptability, differently after the advent of the bomb.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.