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100 1  Wilson, Ward. 
245 10 Five myths about nuclear weapons /|cWard Wilson. 
260    Boston :|bHoughton Mifflin Harcourt,|c2013. 
300    1 online resource (176 pages) 
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504    Includes bibliographical references (p. [129]-179) and 
       index. 
505 0  Myth: Nuclear weapons shock and awe opponents -- Myth: H-
       bomb quantum leap -- Myth: Nuclear deterrence works in a 
       crisis -- Myth: Nuclear weapons keep us safe -- Myth: 
       There is no alternative. 
520    An explosive rethinking of the power and purpose of 
       nuclear weapons -- and a call for radical action Nuclear 
       weapons have always been a serious but seemingly insoluble
       problem: while they're obviously dangerous, they are also,
       apparently, necessary. This groundbreaking study shows why
       five central arguments promoting nuclear weapons are, in 
       essence, myths. It is a myth: - that nuclear weapons 
       necessarily shock and awe opponents, including Japan at 
       the end of World War II - that nuclear deterrence is 
       reliable in a crisis - that destruction wins wars - that 
       the bomb has kept the peace for sixty-five years - and 
       that we can't put the nuclear genie back in the bottle 
       Drawing on new information and the latest historical 
       research, Wilson poses a fundamental challenge to the 
       myths on which nuclear weapons policy is currently built. 
       Using pragmatic arguments and an unemotional, clear-eyed 
       insistence on the truth, he arrives at a surprising 
       conclusion: nuclear weapons are enormously dangerous, but 
       don't appear to be terribly useful. In that case, he asks,
       why would we want to keep them? This book will be widely 
       read and discussed by everyone who cares about war, peace,
       foreign policy, and security in the twenty-first century. 
546    English. 
650  0 Nuclear warfare. 
650  0 Nuclear weapons|xPsychological aspects. 
650  0 Strategy. 
650  7 HISTORY|xWorld.|2bisacsh 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xInternational Relations|xArms Control.
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650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE|xPublic Policy|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Nuclear warfare.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01040920 
650  7 Nuclear weapons|xPsychological aspects.|2fast
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650  7 Strategy.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01134406 
655  0 Electronic books. 
776 08 |iPrint version:|aWilson, Ward.|tFive myths about nuclear 
       weapons.|dBoston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013
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