The revival of the Just War tradition among theologians and political thinkers has opened the way in recent years to a fruitful debate on the morality of modern warfare. This book is a study of the concept of deterrence as an alternative to war, which examines the intellectual provenance of this strategy for managing international affairs. The author highlights the conflict between pacifism and deterrence and its failure to predict inter-bloc relations. His study raises questions about the place of deterrence theory within the intellectual currents of the modern West.
- ISBN10 0198266960
- ISBN13 9780198266969
- Publish Date December 1989 (first published 1 November 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 March 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Imprint Clarendon Press
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 136
- Language English