The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
by Steven Pinker · 24 Sep 2012 · 1,351pp · 385,579 words
the amassed Egyptian armies in 1967 or 1973, to say nothing of Cairo. Schelling, and the political scientist Nina Tannenwald, have each written of “a nuclear taboo”—a shared perception that nuclear weapons fall into a uniquely dreadful category.197 The use of a single tactical nuclear weapon, even one comparable in
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resemblance to the observance of major religious holidays.... This sanctification of Hiroshima is one of the most hopeful developments of the nuclear era.202 The nuclear taboo emerged only gradually. As we saw in chapter 1, for at least a decade after Hiroshima many Americans thought the A-bomb was adorable. By
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but then thought the better of it—occasionally through the persuasion of an Israeli air strike, but more often by choice. How precarious is the nuclear taboo? Will a rogue state inevitably defy the taboo and thereby annul it for the rest of the world? Doesn’t history show that every weapons
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of the great powers has become an absurdity. It is no longer needed to deter an existential threat from an enemy superpower, and given the nuclear taboo, it serves no other military purpose. The threat of a retaliatory strike cannot deter stateless terrorists, because their bomb would not come with a return
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by Israeli commanders, who could match them hothead for hothead, together with an invasion by a coalition of powers enraged by the violation of the nuclear taboo. Though the regime is detestable and in many ways irrational, one wonders whether its principals are so indifferent to continuing their hold on power as
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moms of 1997, a media circus removes any possibility of leniency, but even these young women were paroled after three years in jail. Like the nuclear taboo, the human life taboo is in general a very good thing. Consider this memoir from a man whose family was migrating with a group of
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: Luard, 1986, p. 396. 196. Calling nuclear powers’ bluff: Ray, 1989, p. 430; Huth & Russett, 1984; Kugler, 1984; Gochman & Maoz, 1984, pp. 613–15. 197. Nuclear taboo: Schelling, 2000, 2005; Tannenwald, 2005b. 198. Neutron bomb compatible with just war: Tannenwald, 2005b, p. 31. 199. Not quite a taboo: Paul, 2009; Tannenwald, 2005b
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.php. 201. Mark of Cain: Quoted in Tannenwald, 2005b, p. 30. 202. Sanctification of Hiroshima: Quoted in Schelling, 2005, p. 373. 203. Gradual emergence of nuclear taboo: Schelling, 2005; Tannenwald, 2005b. Dulles quote from Schelling, 2000, p. 1. 204. Eisenhower on nukes: Schelling, 2000, p. 2. 205. Johnson ratifies taboo: Schelling, 2000
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. 2005a. Ideas and explanation: Advancing the theoretical agenda. Journal of Cold War Studies, 7, 13–42. Tannenwald, N. 2005b. Stigmatizing the bomb: Origins of the nuclear taboo. International Security, 29, 5–49 . Tannenwald, N., & Wohlforth, W. C. 2005. Introduction: The role of ideas and the end of the Cold War. Journal of
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tacit territorial integrity of war as immoral see also etiquette; moral sense; taboos North Korea noses: blowing cutting off Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty nuclear peace theory nuclear taboo nuclear terrorism nuclear threat nuclear weapons Nunberg, Geoffrey Nunn, Sam Nuremberg Trials nursery rhymes Nurture Assumption Nussbaum, Martha Oatley, Keith Obama, Barack obedience; see also
On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
by Nate Silver · 12 Aug 2024 · 848pp · 227,015 words
possibility that fallout from a nuclear detonation in Ukraine could blow radioactive contamination eastward into Russia. But the memories of Hiroshima are fading, and the nuclear taboo may be weakening. There’s also another pessimistic fact to consider: there have been some frighteningly close calls. John F. Kennedy estimated after the Cuban
Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism From Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda
by John Mueller · 1 Nov 2009 · 465pp · 124,074 words
is commonly contended that Israel, in particular, envisions using them only when it is under a massive attack that credibly threatens its existence.21 The nuclear taboo/convention/norm/tradition has probably helped nuclear countries come to that conclusion, but it does not seem to have been necessary for them to do
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AND CONCERNS ABOUT PRECEDENTS For many countries and peoples, there is a degree of moral repugnance to the possession of nuclear weapons: they take the nuclear taboo, discussed in chapter 2, seriously. For example, some Canadians, after careful, objective analysis, have concluded that their country is morally superior to their gigantic neighbor
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) May/June: 62–72. Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. 2007. The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. New York: Random House. Tannenwald, Nina. 2007. The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945. New York: Cambridge University Press. Taubman, William. 1982. Stalin’s American Policy. New
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by Steven Pinker · 13 Feb 2018 · 1,034pp · 241,773 words
citizens are squarely behind the movement: large majorities in almost every surveyed country favor abolition.110 Zero is an attractive number because it expands the nuclear taboo from using the weapons to possessing them. It also removes any incentive for a nation to obtain nuclear weapons to protect itself against an enemy
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attacking a target that could be destroyed by conventional means); or they could simply adopt it unilaterally, which is in their own interests.126 The nuclear taboo has already reduced the deterrent value of a Maybe First Use policy, and the declarant could still protect itself with conventional forces and with a
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Rostow, quoted in Pinker 2011, p. 268. Nuclear weapons are poor deterrents: Pinker 2011, p. 269; Berry et al. 2010; Mueller 2010a; Ray 1989. 103. Nuclear taboo: Mueller 1989; Sechser & Fuhrmann 2017; Tannenwald 2005; Ray 1989, pp. 429–31; Pinker 2011, chap. 5, “Is the Long Peace a Nuclear Peace?” pp. 268
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. Motivated skepticism in the evaluation of political beliefs. American Journal of Political Science, 50, 755–69. Tannenwald, N. 2005. Stigmatizing the bomb: Origins of the nuclear taboo. International Security, 29, 5–49. Taylor, P. 2016a. The next America: Boomers, millennials, and the looming generational showdown. Washington: PublicAffairs. Taylor, P. 2016b. The demographic
Bomb Scare
by Joseph Cirincione · 24 Dec 2011 · 293pp · 74,709 words
, Deadly Arsenals: Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Threats (Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2005), pp. 57–82. 5. Ibid. 6. Nina Tannenwald, “The Nuclear Taboo and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime,” Remarks at Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference, Washington, D.C. November 7, 2005, available at http://www.carnegieendowment.org/static
The New Rules of War: Victory in the Age of Durable Disorder
by Sean McFate · 22 Jan 2019 · 330pp · 83,319 words
will prove inept. Nuclear weapons will be seen as big bombs, and limited nuclear war will become acceptable to some. Why do we assume the nuclear taboo will last forever? Others are already fighting in this new environment and winning. Russia, China, Iran, terrorist organizations, and drug cartels exploit durable disorder for
I, Warbot: The Dawn of Artificially Intelligent Conflict
by Kenneth Payne · 16 Jun 2021 · 339pp · 92,785 words
Khrushchev and Kennedy chose to do. The awful prospect of nuclear war chilled the deliberations of the antagonists. Indeed, a minimax preference has reinforced the nuclear taboo over the decades since Hiroshima. And perhaps we shouldn’t be too surprised—humans are, broadly, loss averse, and nuclear bombs amount to a catastrophic
The Age of Radiance: The Epic Rise and Dramatic Fall of the Atomic Era
by Craig Nelson · 25 Mar 2014 · 684pp · 188,584 words
, March 13, 2011. Tanikawa, Miki. “Japan Gets Electricity Wake-Up Call.” New York Times, October 26, 2011. Tannenwald, Nina. “Stigmatizing the Bomb: Origins of the Nuclear Taboo.” International Security 29, no. 4 (Spring 2005). Taubman, Philip. “No Need for All These Nukes.” New York Times, January 7, 2012. Teller, Edward. Memoirs. New
The Future of War
by Lawrence Freedman · 9 Oct 2017 · 592pp · 161,798 words
period’. The Cambridge History of War. Vol. IV. Eds. Chickering et al. 285–309. Fitzpatrick, Mark. The World After: Proliferation, Deterrence and Disarmament if the Nuclear Taboo is Broken. Paris: IFRI, 2009. ‘Flight of the Drones: Why the Future of Air Power Belongs to Unmanned Systems’. The Economist, 8 Oct. 2011. Foley
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/Ukraine-crisis-Putins-nuclear-threats-are-a-struggle-for-pride-and-status.html. 11. Mark Fitzpatrick, The World After: Proliferation, Deterrence and Disarmament if the Nuclear Taboo is Broken (Paris: IFRI, 2009). 12. Philip Bobbitt, Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-first Century, (London: Allen Lane, 2008). 13. Max Boot
The Jasons: The Secret History of Science's Postwar Elite
by Ann Finkbeiner · 26 Mar 2007
/r/pa/ho/frus/johnsonlb/vi/13690.htm and http://www.mtholyoke. edu/acad/intrel/vietnam.htm. No nuclear weapons were currently…presumably nearby: Tannenwald, Nuclear Taboo; “Nuclear Weapons and the Vietnam War,” online at http://www.nautilus.org/VietnamFOIA/background/NuclearWeapons.html. On Monday, February 5…indeed was the case: John
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the Atomic Scientists, June 1980. Smith, Bruce L. R. The Advisers: Scientists in the Policy Process, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1992. Tannenwald, Nina. The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Nonuse of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Townes, Charles H. How the Laser Happened: Adventures
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion ofSafety
by Eric Schlosser · 16 Sep 2013 · 956pp · 267,746 words
The Fourth Industrial Revolution
by Klaus Schwab · 11 Jan 2016 · 179pp · 43,441 words