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This Book Is A Counter To The Conventional Wisdom That The United States Can And Should Do More To Reduce Both The Role Of Nuclear Weapons In Its Security Strategies And The Number Of Weapons In Its Arsenal. The Case Against Nuclear Weapons Has Been Made On Many Grounds―including Historical, Political, And Moral. But, Brad Roberts Argues, It Has Not So Far Been Informed By The Experience Of The United States Since The Cold War In Trying To Adapt Deterrence To A Changed World, And To Create The Conditions That Would Allow Further Significant Changes To U.s. Nuclear Policy And Posture. Drawing On The Author's Experience In The Making And Implementation Of U.s. Policy In The Obama Administration, This Book Examines That Real World Experience And Finds Important Lessons For The Disarmament Enterprise. Central Conclusions Of The Work Are That Other Nuclear-armed States Are Not Prepared To Join The United States In Making Reductions, And That Unilateral Steps By The United States To Disarm Further Would Be Harmful To Its Interests And Those Of Its Allies. The Book Ultimately Argues In Favor Of Patience And Persistence In The Implementation Of A Balanced Approach To Nuclear Strategy That

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Author

Brad Roberts

Publisher

Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780804796453

Category

history

Subjects

History, Political Science, Military

Rating

4.5 / 5 (46 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14