Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy (1957 Edition)

Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy (1957 Edition)

Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy (1957 Edition)

Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy (1957 Edition)

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Overview

Now that there exist weapons capable of destroying humanity, our nation’s survival depends on our ability to find answers to two questions: What challenges should be resisted by force? How can they be resisted without brining disaster to our society?

We must find a strategy which can support our diplomacy without being forced to risk our national substance on every issue. Otherwise we will increasingly face the grim alternative of total annihilation or total surrender.

This book shows how our military strength can support our political objectives without excessive risk of all-out war. It discusses the diplomacy and the strategy necessary to deter aggression and to defeat it should it come. It makes clear that we require weapons as varied as the dangers confronting us. War can be avoided only by being ready for it.

Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy, though entirely Dr. Kissinger’s own book, grew out of his work over a period of eighteen months with a group of experts organized by the Council on Foreign Relations and led by Mr. Gordon Dean, former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. It deals primarily with the revolution produced by the development of nuclear weapons, and the effect which this revolution should have on our military strategy and foreign policy.

Dr. Kissinger indicates that in all significant wars of the future, nuclear weapons are likely to be employed, but he shows that if proper doctrine is followed, the consequences need not be disastrous to our survival, as is often supposed.

He then examines the implications of his new strategy for our relations with our allies and with the uncommitted countries of the world. And he analyzes the nature of the Soviet challenge in terms of ideology, diplomacy, and military policy.

This book is of vital importance and certain to inspire serious thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781789127577
Publisher: Valmy Publishing
Publication date: 12/02/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 358
Sales rank: 1,054,165
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

HENRY ALFRED KISSINGER (born May 27, 1923) is an American diplomat and political scientist. He served as National Security Advisor and later concurrently as United States Secretary of State in the administrations of presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. For his actions negotiating an unsuccessful ceasefire in Vietnam, Kissinger received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize. After his term, his advice has been sought by world leaders including subsequent U.S. presidents. A proponent of Realpolitik, Kissinger played a prominent role in United States foreign policy between 1969 and 1977. During this period, he pioneered the policy of détente with the Soviet Union, orchestrated the opening of relations with the People’s Republic of China, and negotiated the Paris Peace Accords, ending American involvement in the Vietnam War. Kissinger’s Realpolitik resulted in controversial policies such as CIA involvement in Chile and U.S. support for Pakistan, despite its genocidal actions during the Bangladesh War. He is the founder and chairman of Kissinger Associates, an international consulting firm. He has been a prolific author of books on politics and international relations, including The Necessity for Choice: Prospects of American Foreign Policy (1961), The Troubled Partnership: A Re-Appraisal of the Atlantic Alliance (1965) and For the Record: Selected Statements 1977-1980 (1981). He has also published three memoirs.

GORDON EVANS DEAN (1905-1958) was an American lawyer and prosecutor. He served as chairman of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) from 1950-53. He received his J.D. from the University of Southern California in 1930 and an LL.M. from Duke University Law School in 1932. He joined the U.S. Department of Justice in 1934 and was made press spokesperson for the Department of Justice in 1940. Prior to his work with the AEC, he was professor of criminal law at the University of Southern California (1946-49).
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