The War That Must Not Occur

by Jean-Pierre Dupuy

The possibility of a nuclear war that could destroy civilization has influenced the course of international affairs since 1945, suspended like a sword of Damocles above the heads of the world's leaders. The fact that we have escaped a third world war involving strategic nuclear weapons--indeed, that no atomic weapon of limited power has yet been used under battlefield conditions--seems nothing short of a miracle.

Revisiting debates on the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503635155
• ISBN13: 9781503635159
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.6"