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Ever since the above-mentioned and brilliant man had his insight on a park bench that, since hostile parties had weapons, reducing them reduced the chances of war, we have been subjected to endless squeamishness about the presence of, say, nuclear weapons, while regarding it somehow as bad taste to judge the actors who held them. The action-reaction understanding of arms races has kept reliably wrong commentators like James Carroll scribbling for decades. Gray proves very satisfyingly that Schelling, whose work was used and misused throughout the 1960s, in this instance eloquent but flat wrong.
This is best read, if you can find a copy, alongside HOUSE OF CARDS: WHY ARMS CONTROL MUST FAIL. Both works are howlingly relevant today.
- Series: Modern War Studies
- Hardcover: 248 pages
- Publisher: Univ Pr of Kansas (January 1, 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0700605592
- ISBN-13: 978-0700605590
- Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 0.8 x 9.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
- Customer Reviews: 1 customer review
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- #110115 in Politics & Government (Books)
- #292824 in History (Books)
- #79209 in Engineering (Books)
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