A Say in the End of the World: Morals and British Nuclear Weapons Policy, 1941-87 (Oxford Paperbacks) - Softcover

Ruston, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192852272 ISBN 13: 9780192852274

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks, 1990

Synopsis

More than 40 years of commitment to nuclear weapons may have prepared Britain to take part in Armageddon, but not to defend itself against attack. What made British governments choose this path and how have they justified it? How have they responded to the moral questions it raises? Using material from recently-released official documents, Roger Ruston presents a moral history of British defence policy, from the "lesson" of appeasement to the nuclear modernizations of the 1980s, and aims to answer many of the questions that governments have avoided. The book will be of great interest to defence historians, moralists, politicians and general readers who need a clear account of their country's defence predicament as a basis from which to devise workable and morally acceptable alternatives.

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Review

'an absorbing account of British nuclear weapons policy ... All those concerned about nuclear weapons will benefit enormously from reading this book.' Labour Research

'it is rare that a thesis so tightly argued should be so very readable ... a truly excellent book' Owen Hardwicke, Sanity

'It is clearly, concisely and cogently written and is the only book which analyses the course of the British nuclear debate through the forty-six year period.' Month

'The book has been carefully researched.' Day by Day

About the Author

former Lecturer in Ethics and Moral Theology at Blackfriars, Oxford.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192852272
• ISBN 13: 9780192852274
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 281