The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945 AUTH-5602762 Winner of the Gival Press

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The Nuclear Taboo: The United States and the Non-Use of Nuclear Weapons Since 1945 AUTH-5602762 Winner of the Gival PressWhy have nuclear weapons not been used since Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945? Nina Tannenwald disputes the conventional answer of 'deterrence' in favour of what she calls a nuclear taboo a widespread inhibition on using nuclear weapons which has arisen in global politics. Drawing on newly released archival sources, Tannenwald traces the rise of the nuclear taboo, the forces that produced it, and its influence, particularly on US leaders. She analyzes