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

2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-33424-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gorry, J.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.