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Title: The logic of deterrence

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OSTI ID:5761604

In The Logic of Deterrence, Kenny presents a guide to the theory and ethics of the complicated subject of deterrence. Kenny begins by examining the necessary conditions for any war to be just and then applies these principles to the cases of limited and total nuclear war. He then critiques current deterrence policies of both East and West, concluding that they are based on a willingness to kill millions of innocent people and are morally wrong. In the final section of the book, Kenny offers proposals for nuclear disarmament. Charting a course ''between the illusory hopes of the multilateralists who seek disarmament by negotiating and the impractical idealism of those who call for immediate and total unilateral disarmament by the West,'' Kenny proposes a series of phased and partial unilateral steps by the West, coupled with pressure on the East to reciprocate.

OSTI ID:
5761604
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English