Atomic Weapons And East-West Relations: Western Military Policy, Atomic Arms Race 1945-55, Retrospect And Prospect
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: good with some foxing; no tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings.
At the dawn of the nuclear age, few voices carried the weight of both scientific authority and moral urgency quite like that of Nobel Prize-winning physicist P. M. S. Blackett. Atomic Weapons and East-West Relations presents a rigorous and unflinching analysis of Western military policy in the decade following World War II, chronicling the atomic arms race between 1945 and 1955 and its profound implications for global stability. Blackett argues with precision and conviction that the West's reliance on nuclear deterrence was not only strategically flawed but dangerously escalatory, laying bare the strategic miscalculations that shaped Cold War diplomacy. Drawing on his formidable scientific background and his experience as a wartime military adviser, Blackett illustrates how political ideology and military strategy became fatally intertwined in the atomic era. His prose is measured yet bold, combining technical rigour with geopolitical insight in a manner that illuminates the often-invisible mechanisms driving superpower rivalry. A landmark work of Cold War scholarship, this volume remains as relevant as ever — a sober reminder that the distance between retrospect and catastrophe is measured not in years, but in decisions.
Author: P. M. S. Blackett
Format: Hardback
Published: 1956, Cambridge University Press
Genre: Cold war & espionage
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: good with some foxing; no tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings.
At the dawn of the nuclear age, few voices carried the weight of both scientific authority and moral urgency quite like that of Nobel Prize-winning physicist P. M. S. Blackett. Atomic Weapons and East-West Relations presents a rigorous and unflinching analysis of Western military policy in the decade following World War II, chronicling the atomic arms race between 1945 and 1955 and its profound implications for global stability. Blackett argues with precision and conviction that the West's reliance on nuclear deterrence was not only strategically flawed but dangerously escalatory, laying bare the strategic miscalculations that shaped Cold War diplomacy. Drawing on his formidable scientific background and his experience as a wartime military adviser, Blackett illustrates how political ideology and military strategy became fatally intertwined in the atomic era. His prose is measured yet bold, combining technical rigour with geopolitical insight in a manner that illuminates the often-invisible mechanisms driving superpower rivalry. A landmark work of Cold War scholarship, this volume remains as relevant as ever — a sober reminder that the distance between retrospect and catastrophe is measured not in years, but in decisions.