Nuclear Mentalities?

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Nuclear Mentalities? is written by B. Heuser and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0230377750 (ISBN 10) and 9780230377752 (ISBN 13).

Concepts associated with nuclear strategy often go beyond any 'objective' logic of deterrence. Nuclear weapons have special roles in different national belief-systems, myths surround them, they have catalysed tensions already existing in societies, become symbols of power or of past sins. This book delves into the conscious and subconscious beliefs in Britain, France and the Federal Republic of Germany (all voiced in debates about nuclear strategy) about society, the State and power structures, each country's place in the world, the international system, allies and enemies.