Living with Nuclear Weapons

by Albert Carnesale, Paul Doty, Stanley Hoffmann, Samuel P. Huntington, Joseph S. Nye Jr.

Overview

At the request of the President of Harvard University, six Harvard scholars have joined forces to write a book that lays out the facts about nuclear weapons for all concerned citizens who want to think through the nuclear dilemma for themselves. Living with Nuclear Weapons is written by specialists for the general reader. It conveys crucial information clearly, concisely, and without technical jargon.

Living with Nuclear Weapons presents all sides of the nuclear debate while explaining what everyone needs to know to develop informed and reasoned opinions about the issues. Among the specifics are a history of nuclear weaponry; an examination of current nuclear arsenals; scenarios of how a nuclear war might begin; a discussion of what can be done to promote arms control and disarmament; a study of the hazards of nuclear proliferation; an analysis of various nuclear strategies; and an explanation of how public opinion can influence policy on the nuclear arms question.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674536654
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	06/01/1983
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	692,235
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 1.13(d)

About the Author

Albert Carnesale is Academic Dean at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He served on the U.S. delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (1970–1972) and as the head of the U.S. delegation to the International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Evaluation (1978–1980).

Paul Doty was Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was involved in the Manhattan Project and was a member of the President’s Science Advisory Committee in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.

Stanley Hoffmann (1928–2015) was Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor at Harvard University.

Samuel P. Huntington was Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs at Harvard University and the author of The Clash of Civilizations, The Soldier and the State, Political Order in Changing Societies, and American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony, among other books.

Joseph S. Nye, Jr., is Dean of the Faculty and Don K. Price Professor of Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Scott D. Sagan is a Teaching Fellow in the History Department at Harvard University and served as Staff Director of the Project.

Derek C. Bok is President Emeritus and Three Hundredth Anniversary University Professor, Harvard University.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword
Derek Bok

I. The Nuclear Predicament

1. The Nuclear Debate: What Are the Problems?

2. The Endless Balancing Act: What Is New About the Nuclear World?

3. The Shattered Crystal Ball: How Might a Nuclear War Begin?

II. The Current Condition

4. Weapons and Rivalry: How Did We Get Here?

5. Nuclear Lessons: What Have We Learned?

6. Nuclear Arsenals: What Is the Balance?

7. Military Power and Political Purpose: What Do We Want from Nuclear Weapons?

III. What Can Be Done?

8. Choosing Weapons: What Are the Alternatives?

9. Arms Control and Disarmament: What Can and Can't Be Done?

10. Nuclear Proliferation: Can the Spread of Nuclear Weapons Be Controlled?

11. Living with Nuclear Weapons: Is There a Choice?

Index