{"product_id":"the-best-defense-policy-alternatives-for-u-s-nuclear-security-from-the-1950s-to-the-1990s-paperback-softback-9781501779053","title":"The Best Defense; Policy Alternatives for U.S. Nuclear Security from the 1950s to the 1990s (Paperback \/ softback) 9781501779053","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Best Defense\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePolicy Alternatives for U.S. Nuclear Security from the 1950s to the 1990s\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Goldfischer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781501779053\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 February 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA remarkable book, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Defense\u003c\/i\u003e should open minds on both sides of the political fence.\u003c\/p\u003e (Orbis) \u003cp\u003eGoldfischer's is a thoughtful, provocative book, useful for exploring what might have been.\u003c\/p\u003e (Journal of American History)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best Defense \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003econsiders fundamental questions regarding the United States and the Soviet Union acquiring capabilities to destroy each other in a nuclear war\u003c\/b\u003e. Was it inevitable? Or could they have agreed instead to address the nuclear danger through mutual emphasis on defenses? Might such an approach be a feasible option for nuclear powers in today's world?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid Goldfischer looks at how figures including J. Robert Oppenheimer, Donald G. Brennan, Freeman Dyson, and Jonathan Schell advanced compelling arguments for seeking an arms control agreement favoring defenses against nuclear attack. First developed by Oppenheimer as an alternative to a dangerous reliance on strategic bombing and again proposed in the 1960s as preferable to basing arms control on \"mutual assured destruction,\" mutual defense emphasis was briefly adopted as a US arms control proposal when the cold war waned in the mid-1980s. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best Defense \u003c\/i\u003eoffers provocative explanations for why this approach was rejected and argues that the compelling need to protect populations makes mutual defense emphasis the most promising basis for an enduring nuclear arms control and disarmament regime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Meaning of Offense and Defense\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Nuclear Policy Stalemate and the Searchfor Alternatives (1972-1991)\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Argument for Mutual Defense Emphasis\u003cbr\u003e 4. Mutual Defense Emphasis in the Bomber Age\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Origins and Influence of Offense-Only Arms Control Theory (1960-1972)\u003cbr\u003e 6. Mutual Defense Emphasis in the 1960s\u003cbr\u003e 7. Strategic Defense without Star Wars: Defense Emphasis in the 1980s and Beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676620124440,"sku":"9781501779053","price":20.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-best-defense-policy-alternatives-for-u-s-nuclear-security-from-the-1950s-to-the-1990s-paperback-softback-9781501779053","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}