J. Gorry

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

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-33423-7
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9781137334237
• ISBN-10: 1137334231
• Artikelnr.: 39403037

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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