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

ISBN-13: 9781349462650 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 216 str.

J. Gorry

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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 Bibliography

O autorze

Jonathan 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.