A Say in the End of the World (Hardcover)

Roger Ruston

ISBN 10: 019827565X / ISBN 13: 9780198275657

Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1989

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Hardcover. More than forty years of commitment to nuclear weapons may have prepared Britain to take part in Armageddon, but not to defend itself against attack. What made British governments choose this path and how have they justified it? How have they responded to the moral questions it raises? Using material from recently-released official documents, Roger Ruston presents a moral history of British defence policy, from the 'lesson' of Appeasement tothe nuclear modernizations of the eighties, and answers many of the questions that governments have avoided. The book will be of great interest to defence historians, moralists, politicians, andgeneral readers who need a clear account of their country's defence predicament as a basis from which to devise workable and morally acceptable alternatives. An examination of British nuclear policy and official government attempts to justify the deployment of nuclear weapons, this book analyzes the rationales that have been offered by British governments for making, possessing and employing weapons of mass destruction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Say in the End of the World (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 019827565X
• ISBN 13: 9780198275657
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Is Britain prepared to defend itself, or only to play a part in Armageddon? Examining recently released British government documents, this study presents a moral history of British defense policy. Roger Ruston analyzes government rationales for Britain's dependence on weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons, arguing they are often essentially rationalizations for unstoppable political programs divorced from defense needs and morality.

About the Author

former Lecturer in Ethics and Moral Theology at Blackfriars, Oxford.