103 pp., x. Stated: "Published 1985", "Printed in Great Britain". Following the Preface and Introduction, Contents divided into 9 essays in 3 Sections: (I) THE ETHICS OF WAR (1) "Nuclear War and Nuclear Catastrophe"; (2) "The Just War in the Nuclear Age"; (3) "Limited Nuclear War"; (II) THE LOGIC OF DTEERRENCE (4) "Threat and Execution"; (5) "Deterrence Without Use" (6) "The Dangers of Deterrence"; (III) THE REALITIES OF DISARMAMENT (7) "Unilateral or Multilateral?"; (8) "The Dangers of Disarmaments"; (9) "Defence Without Deterrence"; Bibliography, pp. 102-103. Glossy wrappers with card covers illustrated with large coarse-grain photo-image of a large circle of desks for negotiators, a trio of image of three missiles superimposed in the middle of the circle. Essentially in Fine condition, except for ' Kennedy School of Government Library ' black ink-stamped on all three edges, a fresh, unstamped "Due Date" slip affixed on inside front cover, and a previous owner name and purchased date at top, inside front cover; two soft creases at lower corner ffep, diminishingly through p. 3 (NO hard creasing, NO interference with text): describes worse than it is, but there you have it. Tight binding (NO creases); Sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO rubbing wear; NO remainder marks; was a Gift to the Library. Clean text. You should have read it while you were at the Kennedy School, but it is not too late to read it now. Classic Philosophy monograph by Distinguished British Philosopher. Laid in articles from 1986-1991 (NO offsetting): (1) NYTimes Letter to the Editor by Victor Zvezdin [Soviet Rep to UN] (2 26 1986): "Gorbachev Disarmament Proposal Emphasizes World Economy"; (2) Joel Brinkley, "President Chides Soviet Over Arms: Faults Linking ' Star Wars ' with Other Weapons Cuts" (NYT 10 28 1987); (3) Bill Keller, "Soviet Marshall Sees ' Star Wars ' as Giving U.S. Edge" (NYT 10 30 1987); (4) Bill Keller, "Russians, Fearing Rise in Prices, Hoard Food" (NYT 10 30 1987); (5) Interview with Marshall Sergei F. Akhromeyev, "Excerpts of Interview With Soviet Armed Forces Chief of Staff" (NYT 10 30 1987; (6) Letter to Editor NYT (1 30 1991) by Alfred E. Kahn, "Ground Assault Now Carries Too High a Price"; (7) William Safire, "Don't Throw Away Victory" (NYT 1 31 1991); (8) David Nyhan, "Let's stop before the casualties mount" (NYT 1 31 1991); (9) Saddam Hussein, "Excerpts From Saddam Hussein's Comments on the Gulf War" (NYT 1 31 1991); (10) Paul Berman, "Protesters Are Fighting the Last War: In the gulf, fascism is on the march" (NYT 1 31 1991); (11) Reuters, "As N. Korea talks open, Japan makes an apology" (NYT 1 31 1991); (12) Charles A. Radin, "In Cambridge, former Marine [Bernard E. Trainor] finding power in the podium" (NYT 1 31 1991).

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Titel: The Logic of Deterrence ("A Philosopher Looks at the Arguments For and Against Nucler Disarmament")
Verlag: University of Chicago Press / Firethorn Press, Chicago and London
Erscheinungsjahr: 1985
Sprache: Englisch
ISBN-10: 0226431568
ISBN-13: 9780226431567
Einband: Soft cover
Auflage: 1st Edition
Zustand: Near Fine

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