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Building on an extensive review of U.S. government documents that defined and shaped the doctrine, the book also draws on interviews conducted shortly after its launch with senior analysts and officials directly involved in its development. Together, these sources offer an unparalleled view into the doctrine s origins, rationale, and internal debates.
In addition to tracing the doctrine s evolution, the book situates it within its broader historical moment. It examines the academic and foreign policy discussions of the early 1990s that influenced the doctrine s emergence and assesses the extent to which it reshaped strategic thinking inside the Pentagon. The analysis shows that, despite fostering a new mindset, the doctrine ultimately failed to achieve its core promise of improving U.S. military preparedness for limited wars against nuclear armed opponents.
The book concludes that even amid dramatic shifts in global power dynamics over the past three decades early understandings of the atomic bomb as a uniquely devastating and fundamentally undefendable weapon remain compelling. Yet the counterproliferation doctrine left an enduring imprint: by asserting that wars against nuclear armed states are winnable and that the effects of nuclear weapons can be contained, it helped normalize the atomic bomb in U.S. strategic thought.
Building on an extensive review of U.S. government documents that defined and shaped the doctrine, the book also draws on interviews conducted shortly after its launch with senior analysts and officials directly involved in its development. Together, these sources offer an unparalleled view into the doctrine s origins, rationale, and internal debates.
In addition to tracing the doctrine s evolution, the book situates it within its broader historical moment. It examines the academic and foreign policy discussions of the early 1990s that influenced the doctrine s emergence and assesses the extent to which it reshaped strategic thinking inside the Pentagon. The analysis shows that, despite fostering a new mindset, the doctrine ultimately failed to achieve its core promise of improving U.S. military preparedness for limited wars against nuclear armed opponents.
The book concludes that even amid dramatic shifts in global power dynamics over the past three decades early understandings of the atomic bomb as a uniquely devastating and fundamentally undefendable weapon remain compelling. Yet the counterproliferation doctrine left an enduring imprint: by asserting that wars against nuclear armed states are winnable and that the effects of nuclear weapons can be contained, it helped normalize the atomic bomb in U.S. strategic thought.
He is the author of Wir Gutkrieger: Warum die Bundeswehr im Ausland scheitern wird (2009) and The implications of IAEA inspections under Security Council resolution 687 (United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, 1992).
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2026 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Politikwissenschaften |
| Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: |
xvi
149 S. 1 s/w Illustr. 149 p. 1 illus. |
| ISBN-13: | 9783032279743 |
| ISBN-10: | 3032279747 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Herstellernummer: | 978-3-032-27974-3 |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Chauvistré, Eric |
| Hersteller: |
Springer
Springer, Berlin |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, D-69121 Heidelberg, juergen.hartmann@springer.com |
| Abbildungen: | XVI, 149 p. 1 illus. |
| Maße: | 9 x 155 x 235 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Eric Chauvistré |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 06.11.2026 |
| Gewicht: | 0,266 kg |
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