Atomic anxiety : deterrence, taboo and the non-use of U.S. nuclear weapons /

"Centering on the concept of 'Atomic Anxiety,' this study offers a novel perspective on one of the most important and longstanding puzzles of international politics: the non-use of U.S. nuclear weapons. It explains how emotion is at the heart of nuclear non-use, and explores the intri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Sauer, Frank (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Subjects:	Nuclear weapons > Government policy > United States. Nuclear weapons > Social aspects > United States. Nuclear weapons > United States > Psychological aspects. No first use (Nuclear strategy) Deterrence (Strategy) Anxiety > Political aspects > United States. Taboo > Political aspects > United States. United States > Military policy. United States > Military policy > Decision making. POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Puzzling Non-use of U.S. Nuclear Weapons after 1945
2. Explaining Nuclear Non-use : Nuclear Deterrence, the Nuclear Taboo, the Tradition of Non-use and Identifying Causal Factors
3. Understanding Nuclear Non-use : Focusing on Meaning, Language and Agency
4. Revisiting Nuclear Non-use : The Cuban Missile Crisis, Presidential Language and the Study of Atomic Anxiety as a Key Emotion in International Politics
5. Conclusion: The Danger of Complacency in Nuclear Policy-making.