This book presents an analysis of issues of nuclear ethics and a coherent position between the black and white extremes of nuclear advocacy and nuclear abolition. Joseph Nye, both a trained ethicist and researcher on nuclear strategy, argues that the strategy of deterrence must remain conditional. Outline a "just-defence doctrine" for the nuclear age, Nye provides a sensitive moral compass for policy choices and offers a sense of hope for the future.
Author Biography
Joseph S. Nye, Jr., is Ford Foundation Professor of Security and Affairs at Harvard University and Director of the Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. A former Deputy to the Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, he is the author of several books including Living with Nuclear Weapons.
