Atomic Anxiety: Deterrence, Taboo and the Non-Use of U.S. Nuclear Weapons

by Frank Sauer

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With the concept of 'Atomic Anxiety', this book offers a novel perspective on one of the most important and longstanding puzzles of international politics: the non-use of U.S. nuclear weapons. By focusing on the fear surrounding nuclear weapons, it explains why nuclear deterrence and the nuclear taboo are working at cross purposes in practice.
  • ISBN10 1349553999
  • ISBN13 9781349553990
  • Publish Date 14 January 2014
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Out of Print 13 April 2017
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Palgrave MacMillan
  • Edition 2015 ed.
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 207
  • Language English