Cold War Christians and the Spectre of Nuclear Deterrence, 1945-1959 [Paperback]

Offering a new interpretation of early Cold War history, this book demonstrates how Christian agency played a pivotal role in the creating of space for the logic of nuclear deterrence and nuclear war, showing a balanced examination of Christians as enablers but, more provocatively, as resisters of nuclear prohibitions.Acknowledgements Abbreviations 1. Introduction PART I: VISION AND ORDER 2. Presumptions against War 3. Prophecy and Diplomacy at a New Frontier PART II: FAITH AND FEAR 4. Christians in an Atomic Age 5. The Churches and the Thermonuclear Revolution PART III: POWER AND JUSTICE 6. The Moral Aspects of Deterrence 7. Strategies for Survival 8. Redacting Just War 9. Conclusion Notes BibliographyJonathan Gorry is Lecturer in International Relations at the Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is interested in notions of secularisation, questions of political violence and teaching/learning in higher education.