State of Doom

Bernard Brodie, The Bomb, and the Birth of the Bipolar World

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvBarry Scott Zellen

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The book examines Bernard Brodie's strategic and philosophical response to the nuclear age, embedding his work within the classical theories of Carl von Clausewitz. Bernard Brodie (1910-1978) was a leading 20th century theorist and philosopher of war. A key architect of American nuclear strategy, Brodie was one of the first civilian defense intellectuals to cross over into the military world. "State of Doom" explores Brodie's evolution as a theorist and his response to the technological innovations that transformed warfare from WWII to the Vietnam War. It situates his theoretical development within the classical theories of Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831), as Brodie came to be known as "America's Clausewitz." While his first influential works focused on naval strategy, his most lasting impact came within the field of nuclear strategic thinking. Brodie helped conceptualize America's strategy of deterrence, later taking into account America's loss of nuclear monopoly, thermonuclear weapons, and intercontinental missiles.This in-depth exploration of Brodie's strategic and philosophical response to the nuclear age and of his effort to reconcile Clausewitz's theories to the new challenges of the nuclear era will make this book a must read to anyone in strategic studies, international relations, and philosophy of war.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2011-12-22
Mått152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor352
FörlagContinuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN9781441124623

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Barry S. Zellen is a Researcher at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, USA, where he is Research Director of the Arctic Security Project. The managing editor of Culture and Conflict Review and Strategic Insights journals, he has published several books, including On Thin Ice: The Inuit, the State and the Challenge of Arctic Sovereignty (Lexington Books, 2009) and Arctic Doom, Arctic Boom: The Geopolitics of Climate Change in the Arctic (Praeger, 2009).

1. Introduction. Before The Bomb: Brodie's Early Thoughts On War And History - Piercing the Fog of Strategic and Historic Ambiguity; 2. After the Bomb: Restoring Order in the Age of Absolute War; 3. After the Bomb: Preserving Order in the Age of Apocalyptic War; 4. Rethinking the Unthinkable: New Thinking on Escalation and Limited War; 5. Clausewitz for America: Reuniting War and Politics in the Nuclear Age; Bibliography.

"A rich and profound introduction to the evolution and philosophy of modern warfare and nuclear policy. It's a chilling account, but it also reminds us how some great thinkers have worked behind the scenes to keep us from blowing ourselves to kingdom come. Let's hope the wisdom preserved in this document likewise helps our descendants to avoid Armageddon, if only to let them have a deep future in which to heal the environmental damage we'll be leaving them, as well." -- Curt Stager, Natural Sciences, Paul Smith's College