Peace and war: a study of morality and US strategic nuclear policies. Study project report

Technical Report · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5731535

Ginder, D B; Hicks, I

The paper examines the quesitons of peace and war and the morality of nuclear deterrence. These vital and enduring questions have been again become a focus of societal debate, especially in the light of the Catholic Bishop's pastoral letter. The nuclear debate is all encompassing, raising philosophical, political, social, strategic an religious questions. These issues present problems that each informed citizen will have to discern both morally and politically. The purpose of the paper is not to evaluate the morality of the defense and deterrent policies/strategies of the United States, but to provide the reader with the information to allow him to formulate judgment on this important question and be able to reconcile personal moral values with national policy and strategy.

• Research Organization: Army War Coll., Carlisle Barracks, PA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5731535
• Report Number(s): AD-A-130313/0
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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