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Games of Chicken: Four Decades of U.S. Nuclear Policy

Games of Chicken: Four Decades of U.S. Nuclear Policy

Schwartzman, David

Hardcover

International RelationsWeapons of Mass Destruction

ISBN10: 0275928845
ISBN13: 9780275928841
Publisher: Praeger
Published: Feb 18 1988
Pages: 248
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Games of Chicken proposes basing nuclear weapons policies on both historical and analytical arguments. Schwartzman analyzes the trade-off between the aggression risk, which U.S. policy has sought to minimize, and the pre-emption risk, which has been ignored. This analysis is then applied to policy developments under each of the post-war U.S. presidents. The historical analysis also demonstrates the importance of the role of myths in the development of policy, most notably: the myth of the nuclear strategy expert; the evil empire myth; and the economic necessity myth. Finally, the author proposes a viable solution to the increasing build-up of nuclear weapons, one which would minimize the preemption risk.

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