Given debates surrounding the emerging "new Cold War," this book provides a much needed revisit into the US foreign policy nuclear domain during the 1945-1990 period. Across nine chapters, the monograph traces the United States' nuclear diplomacy and Presidential strategic thought, transitioning across the early period of Cold War arms racing through to the era's defining conclusion. It reveals that despite the heightened periods when great power conflict seemed imminent, arms control fora and seminal agreements were able to be devised and implemented, providing a needed base in improving bilateral relations-as well as momentarily bringing down the specter of a cataclysmic nuclear war.

Aiden Warren, Associate Professor of International Relations, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia.

Joseph M. Siracusa, Professor of Political History and International Security, School of Media,Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.

Autorentext

Aiden Warren, Associate Professor of International Relations, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. 

Joseph M. Siracusa, Professor of Political History and International Security, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. 

Klappentext

Given debates surrounding the emerging new Cold War, this book provides a much needed revisit into the US foreign policy nuclear domain during the 1945-1990 period. Across nine chapters, the monograph traces the United States' nuclear diplomacy and Presidential strategic thought, transitioning across the early period of Cold War arms racing through to the era's defining conclusion. It reveals that despite the heightened periods when great power conflict seemed imminent,  arms control fora and seminal agreements were able to be devised and implemented, providing a needed base in improving bilateral relationsas well as momentarily bringing down the specter of a cataclysmic nuclear war. 

Aiden Warren, Associate Professor of International Relations, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. 

Joseph M. Siracusa, Professor of Political History and International Security, School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry, Curtin University, Perth, Australia. 

Zusammenfassung

This book will illustrate that despite the variations of nuclear tensions during the Cold War periodfrom nuclear inception, to mass proliferation, to arms control treaties and détente, through to an intensification and reasonable conclusion (the INF Treaty and START being case points)the lessons over the last decade are quickly being unlearned. Given debates surrounding the emerging new Cold War, the deterioration of relations between Russia and the United States, and the concurrent challenges being made by key nuclear states in obfuscating arms control mechanisms, this book attempts to provide a much needed revisit into US presidential foreign policy during the Cold War. Across nine chapters, the monograph traces the United States' nuclear diplomacy and Presidential strategic thought, transitioning across the early period of Cold War arms racing through to the era's defining conclusion. It will reveal that notwithstanding the heightened periods when great power conflict seemed imminent,  arms control fora and seminal agreements were able to be devised, implemented, and provided a needed base in bringing down the specter of a cataclysmic nuclear war, as well as improving bilateral relations. This volume will be of great interest to scholars and students of American foreign policy, diplomatic history, security studies and international relations. 

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction                                                                                              Chapter 2 The Transition from Roosevelt to Truman

Chapter 3 The Truman Administration and U.S. Nuclear Strategy

Chapter 4 The End of the U.S. Nuclear Monopoly

Chapter 5 Eisenhower and Emboldening the Nuclear Option

Chapter 6 Kennedy's Nuclear Dilemma

Chapter 7 The Johnson Years

Chapter 8 The Search for Détente: Nixon and the Ford Transition

Chapter 9 Carter's Lost Opportunity

Chapter 10 The Tale of Two Terms: The Reagan Diplomatic Transition**** Afterword