The Nuclear Predicament (Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security) - Hardcover

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Shenfield, Stephen

 
9780367543259: The Nuclear Predicament (Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0367543257 ISBN 13: 9780367543259
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Ideological debate is one component of the intellectual background to Soviet policy-making. Originally published in 1987, this paper explores how Soviet writers wrestle with the challenge to their ideology that is posed by the threat of nuclear war. What, for example, is the relationship between the values of peace and of socialism? What drives the arms race? Is capitalism inherently militaristic, or is a demilitarized capitalism conceivable? Is the outcome of history predetermined or open? It is shown that the range of permissible views is wider than often assumed, and that the constraints of Soviet ideology do not exclude evolution towards a more cooperative approach to international security.

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Stephen Shenfield

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367543257
ISBN 13 
9780367543259
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
138

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