Cold war Christians and the spectre ...
Gorry, Jonathan,

 

  • Cold war Christians and the spectre of nuclear deterrence, 1945-1959 /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
    杜威分類號: 303.7
    書名/作者: Cold war Christians and the spectre of nuclear deterrence, 1945-1959 // Jonathan Gorry.
    作者: Gorry, Jonathan,
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource.
    標題: Antinuclear movement - History.
    標題: Christianity and international relations - History - 20th century.
    標題: Cold War.
    標題: Nuclear warfare - Religious aspects
    標題: SOCIAL SCIENCE / General
    ISBN: 113733424X (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9781137334244 (electronic bk.)
    書目註: Includes bibliographical references.
    內容註: PART I: VISION AND ORDER -- Presumptions against War -- Prophecy and Diplomacy at a New Frontier -- PART II: FAITH AND FEAR -- Christians in an Atomic Age -- The Churches and the Thermonuclear Revolution -- PART III: POWER AND JUSTICE -- The Moral Aspects of Deterrence -- Strategies for Survival -- Redacting Just War -- Conclusion.
    摘要、提要註: This book offers a new and provocative interpretation of early Cold War history by demonstrating how Christian agency played a pivotal role in the creating of space for the logic of nuclear deterrence and nuclear war fighting in the years 1945-59. Cold War chroniclers have traditionally placed great emphasis on threats of mutually assured destruction to explain the puzzle of nuclear non-use since 1945. Here nuclear deterrence is conceived as a realm of absolute necessity with no room for morality. More recently the idea of 'nuclear taboo' has generated immense interest by challenging conventional wisdom with a compelling argument regarding the conceptual (normative rather than material) bases of nuclear restraint. These accounts narrate the emergence of a distinctive ethical order with a particular premium placed on the role of (Anglo-American) Christian activists in giving rise to anti-nuclear sentiment at a formative stage 1945-59. Yet such a reading elides or obfuscates the fact that Christians were deeply divided in their imaginings. Gorry invites a reassessment of assumptions by offering a balanced examination of Christians as enablers but, more provocatively, as resisters of nuclear prohibitions in the early years of Cold War.
    電子資源: http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137334244
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