Strange stability: how cold war scientists set out to control the arms race and ended up serving the military-industrial complex
Auteur :
Wilson, Benjamin
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674976085
Date de publication :
18 nov. 2025
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Strategic stability is admired as the basis of arms control, but the doctrine is not what is commonly assumed. Benjamin T. Wilson shows that its early promoters falsely asserted their own objectivity and developed a logic that actually perpetuated the nuclear arms race, benefiting the military-industrial complex that commanded their loyalty.