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Since the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks, no state has unleashed nuclear weapons. What explains this? According to the author, the answer lies in a prohibition inherent in the tradition of non-use , a time-honored obligation that has been adhered to by all nuclear states – thanks to a consensus view that use would have a catastrophic impact on humankind, the environment, and the reputation of the user. The book offers an in-depth analysis of the nuclear policies of the U.S. , Russia , China , the UK , France , India , Israel , and Pakistan and assesses the contributions of these states to the rise and persistence of the tradition of nuclear non-use. It examines the influence of the tradition on the behavior of nuclear and non-nuclear states in crises and wars, and explores the tradition`s implications for nuclear non-proliferation regimes, deterrence theory, and policy. And it concludes by discussing the future of the tradition in the current global security environment.
Contents
Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Bases of the Tradition of Non-Use
• The United States and the Tradition I: The Truman and Eisenhower Years (1945–1961)
• The United States and the Tradition II: Kennedy to Clinton (1961–2001)
• Russia, Britain, France, China, and the Tradition
• The Second-Generation Nuclear States: Israel, India, Pakistan, and the Tradition
• Nonnuclear States, the Tradition, and Limited Wars
• The Tradition and the Nonproliferation Regime
• Changing U.S. Policies and the Tradition
• Conclusions
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index
ISBN - 9788175967724
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Pages : 329
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