Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy

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Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy is a 1957 book by Henry Kissinger that analyzes the strategic role of nuclear weapons in Cold War diplomacy and argues for more flexible, limited nuclear options in U.S. foreign policy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
non-fiction book
political science book
strategic studies book
advocates flexible nuclear options
limited nuclear war options
analyzes strategic role of nuclear weapons in Cold War diplomacy
arguesFor more flexible, limited nuclear options in U.S. foreign policy
associatedWith Cold War nuclear strategy debate
author Henry A. Kissinger
surface form: Henry Kissinger
commissionedBy Council on Foreign Relations
contributedTo debate on nuclear deterrence and war-fighting doctrines
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
criticizes exclusive reliance on massive retaliation
discusses massive retaliation doctrine
genre international relations
security studies
hasAuthorRole Henry Kissinger as policy intellectual
influenced U.S. strategic thinking in late 1950s
subsequent U.S. nuclear doctrine discussions
language English
mediaType print
notableFor early systematic treatment of limited nuclear war
proposes graduated deterrence
publicationYear 1957
publisher Council on Foreign Relations
Harper & Brothers
subject Cold War
U.S. foreign policy
deterrence theory
foreign policy
limited war
nuclear strategy
nuclear weapons
timePeriodDiscussed early Cold War

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Henry notableWork Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy
subject surface form: Henry Kissinger