The Ten Aporias of Our Time. The Theory and Practice of Nuclear Deterrence
... deterrence doctrine emerged as a symbiosis of two elements: the idea of using military force to put political pressure on an adversary, and the revolution in nuclear physics that had created a weapon of boundless destructive power. The first element is thousands of years old; the second did not generate the nuclear deterrence doctrine immediately. President Harry Truman recalled after the first nuclear bomb test of July 16, 1945 that he “regarded the bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubt that it should be used” [Newhouse 1989: 41]. And it ...
26.07.2021
