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  • Objections to Nuclear Defence

    Philosophers on Deterrence

    Edited by Nigel Blake, Kay Pole ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security
    Moral and political questions are vitally relevant to the issue of survival in the nuclear age. Ethics has much to teach us about the meaning of national defence and civic responsibility in the nuclear state. For instance, those in NATO who argue for increased spending on such weapons do so with the intention of defending the values of the West. They must therefore be absolutely sure that they are ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Dangers of Deterrence

    Philosophers on Nuclear Strategy

    Edited by Nigel Blake, Kay Pole ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Nuclear Security
    Europe has everything to lose from nuclear war, and nothing to gain from it. Yet it is nuclear deterrence that we are relying on to shield us from war. More and more people are coming to believe that security under a nuclear shield is an illusion, and that nuclear deterrence embodies a dangerous paradox. It is too close to provocation, it cannot prevent nuclear blackmail, and its short-term ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • The Universities We Need

    Higher Education After Dearing

    by Nigel Blake, Richard Smith, Paul Standish ...
    This work challenges some of the assumptions behind recent thinking on lifelong learning and discusses the idea of the learning society through a reappraisal of the relationship between the university and the community. It reconsiders the demand for efficiency, effectiveness and accountability. ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Education in an Age of Nihilism

    Education and Moral Standards

    by Nigel Blake, Paul Smeyers, Richard Smith, Paul Standish ...
    This book addresses concerns about educational and moral standards in a world increasingly characterised by nihilism. On the one hand there is widespread anxiety that standards are falling; on the other, new machinery of accountability and inspection to show that they are not. The authors in this book state that we cannot avoid nihilism if we are simply laissez-faire about values, neither can we ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Pocket Guide To Garden Birds

    by Nigel Blake ...
    Series series Pocket Guides
    This compact title is an essential guide to every aspect of the subject, from when and what to feed the birds to building bird tables and nest boxes and planting a garden that will provide nesting, feeding and roosting places. There is also an ID guide to 80 of the most common garden bird species, including the familiar Chaffinch and Blue Tit and more unusual visitors such as Brambling, Redstart ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Another Bloody Century

    Future Warfare

    by Colin S. Gray ...
    How the wars of the near future will be fought and who will win themMany nations, peoples and special interest groups believe that violence will advance their cause. Warfare has changed greatly since the Second World War; it continued to change during the late 20th century and this process is still accelerating. Political, technological, social and religious forces are shaping the future of ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

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  • Strategy and History

    Essays on Theory and Practice

    by Colin S. Gray ...
    Series series Strategy and History
    Strategy and History comprises a selection of Professor Gray's key contributions to strategic debate over the past thirty years.These essays have been selected both because they had significant messages for contemporary controversies, and because they have some continuing relevance for today and the future. Each essay in this book is really about strategy in the modern world, and reflects the many ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare

    by Bertrand Russell ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    Written at the height of the Cold War in 1959, Common Sense and Nuclear Warfare was published in an effort 'to prevent the catastrophe which would result from a large scale H-bomb war'. Bertrand Russell’s staunch anti-war stance is made very clear in this highly controversial text, which outlines his sharp insights into the threat of nuclear conflict and what should be done to avoid it. Russell’s ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Nuclear War and Nuclear Peace

    Edited by Yehoshafat Harkabi ...
    This book began as a personal effort to comprehend the effect of nuclear weapons on the current era and its international system. Nuclear weapons have not merely revolutionized the military sphere but havce also left their stamp on the world order. Knowledge of the basic principles of nuclear strategy has become a prerequisite to understanding world events. Consequently, no country can remain ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Theory of Strategy

    by Colin S. Gray ...
    This book provides a short and accessible introduction to the theory of strategy, examines the general theory of strategy in accordance with 23 key Principles and explains its nature, functions, and intended consequences. Theory of Strategy makes the radical argument that the familiar structure of strategy's general theory (political ends, strategic ways, military means - and assumptions) holds ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Clausewitz and Escalation

    Classical Perspective on Nuclear Strategy

    by Stephen J. Cimbala ...
    Published in 1991, Clausewitz and Escalation is a valuable contribution to the field of Military & Strategic Studies. ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Stable Nuclear Zero

    The Vision and its Implications for Disarmament Policy

    Edited by Sverre Lodgaard ...
    Series series Routledge Global Security Studies
    This volume examines the conditions necessary for a stable nuclear-weapons-free world and the implications for nuclear disarmament policy.The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a road map to nuclear zero, but it is a rudimentary one and it says nothing about the kind of zero to aim for. Preferably, this would be a world where the inhibitions against reversal are strong enough to make it ... Read more

    $65.99 USD