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03420aam a2200457 i 4500 001 F4CC4A10ECCE11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160318010059 008 150727s2016 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015018872 020 $a 1137533730 (hardback) 020 $a 9781137533739 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)915159309 040 $a DLC $e rda $b eng $c DLC $d YDX $d YDXCP $d BDX $d BTCTA $d CDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a UA23 $b .S28 2016 082 00 $a 355.02/170973 $2 23 084 $a POL040020 $a POL012000 $a POL040020 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Sauer, Frank, $e author. 245 10 $a Atomic anxiety : $b deterrence, taboo and the non-use of U.S. nuclear weapons / $c Frank Sauer, senior research fellow and lecturer, Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany. 264 1 $a Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2016. 300 $a vii, 207 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 2 $a "Centering on the concept of 'Atomic Anxiety,' this study offers a novel perspective on one of the most important and longstanding puzzles of international politics: the non-use of U.S. nuclear weapons. It explains how emotion is at the heart of nuclear non-use, and explores the intricate interplay of the two most prominent mechanisms said to cause nuclear non-use in particular: nuclear deterrence and the nuclear taboo. Overturning conventional wisdom, Dr. Sauer demonstrates that nuclear deterrence and the nuclear taboo are working at cross purposes by asserting that the taboo is not stabilizing but hampering deterrence praxis. Additionally, this study identifies fear as the key precondition for both these mechanisms, a factor that has been overlooked and under-appreciated thus far. This comprehensive and theoretically sophisticated study will be of great interest to scholars of Security Studies and International Relations"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 1. Introduction: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the Puzzling Non-use of U.S. Nuclear Weapons after 1945 -- 2. Explaining Nuclear Non-use : Nuclear Deterrence, the Nuclear Taboo, the Tradition of Non-use and Identifying Causal Factors -- 3. Understanding Nuclear Non-use : Focusing on Meaning, Language and Agency -- 4. Revisiting Nuclear Non-use : The Cuban Missile Crisis, Presidential Language and the Study of Atomic Anxiety as a Key Emotion in International Politics -- 5. Conclusion: The Danger of Complacency in Nuclear Policy-making. 650 0 $a Nuclear weapons $x Government policy $z United States. 650 0 $a Nuclear weapons $x Social aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Nuclear weapons $z United States $x Psychological aspects. 650 0 $a No first use (Nuclear strategy) 650 0 $a Deterrence (Strategy) 650 0 $a Anxiety $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Taboo $x Political aspects $z United States. 651 0 $a United States $x Military policy. 651 0 $a United States $x Decision making. $x Decision making. 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom & Security / International Security. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International. $2 bisacsh 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213011405.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F4CC4A10ECCE11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search