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245 10 a| Strange stability :b| how Cold War scientists set out to control the arms race and ended up serving the military-industrial complex /c| Benjamin T. Wilson.;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| The Myth of Technocratic Restraint -- Stabilizing Deterrence -- Destabilizing Disarmament -- Concealing Conflicts -- Prioritizing Research -- Performing Opposition -- Deflecting Responsibility -- Narrowing Debate -- "My Scientists".;

520 a| "Strategic stability is admired as the basis of arms control, but the doctrine is not what is commonly assumed. Benjamin T. Wilson shows that its early promoters falsely asserted their own objectivity and developed a logic that actually perpetuated the nuclear arms race, benefiting the military-industrial complex that commanded their loyalty."-- Provided by publisher.;

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Strange stability : how Cold War scientists set out to control the arms race and ended up serving the military-industrial complex / Benjamin T. Wilson.

Author/creator	Wilson, Benjamin T., 1982- author.
Format	Book
Publication	Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2025.
Description	464 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Nuclear arms control--History. --20th century. Deterrence (Strategy)--History. --20th century. Scientists--United States. --Attitudes. --History. --20th century. Military-industrial complex--History. --20th century. Nuclear crisis stability--History. --20th century. Cold War. Armes nucléaires--Contrôle. --Histoire. --20e siècle. Dissuasion (Stratégie)--Histoire. --20e siècle. Guerre froide.

Contents	The Myth of Technocratic Restraint -- Stabilizing Deterrence -- Destabilizing Disarmament -- Concealing Conflicts -- Prioritizing Research -- Performing Opposition -- Deflecting Responsibility -- Narrowing Debate -- "My Scientists".
Abstract	"Strategic stability is admired as the basis of arms control, but the doctrine is not what is commonly assumed. Benjamin T. Wilson shows that its early promoters falsely asserted their own objectivity and developed a logic that actually perpetuated the nuclear arms race, benefiting the military-industrial complex that commanded their loyalty."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other form	Online version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Wilson, Benjamin T., 1982- Strange stability Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2025 9780674300811
Issued in other form	ebook version : 9780674300811
LCCN	2025007583
ISBN	9780674976085 cloth
ISBN	0674976088
ISBN	epub
ISBN	pdf
Standard identifier#	CIPO000298694

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