Nuclear Deterrence and Moral Restraint Critical Choices for American Strategy [Paperback]

This important collection of essays brings together the work of prominent philosophers, political scientists, policy analysts, and defence consultants.An examination and assessment of arguments for two central tendencies in current nuclear strategy--mutual assured destruction and nuclear utilization target selections-- includes implications for strategic policy.An examination and assessment of arguments for two central tendencies in current nuclear strategy--mutual assured destruction and nuclear utilization target selections-- includes implications for strategic policy.This important collection of essays brings together the work of prominent philosophers, political scientists, policy analysts, and defense consultants. It takes as its point of departure two central tendencies in current nuclear strategy: mutual assured destruction and nuclear utilization target selections. The essays examine and assess the arguments for these and other positions on the spectrum of policy options, and elaborate on the implications of this analysis for strategic policy and for the further pursuit of research into SDI and other matters.Introduction Henry Shue; 1. Having it both ways: the gradual wrong turn in American strategy Henry Shue; 2. Finite counterforce David Lewis; 3. Deterrence and the moral use of nuclear weapons Robert E. Foelber; 4. Escaping from the bomb: immoral deterrence and the problem of extrication C. A. J. Coady; 5. The necessary moral hypocrisy of the slide into mutual assured destruction George H. Quester; 6. Finite deterrence Harold A. Feiveson; 7. Defending Europe: toward a stable conventional deterrent Lutz Unterseher; 8. The case for deploying strategic defenses Leon Sloss; 9. Morality, the SDI and limited nuclear war Steven Lee.