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Title: Newest Weapons / Oldest Psychology

Newest Weapons / Oldest Psychology

The Dialectics of American Nuclear Strategy

by Prof. Ron Hirschbein (Author)
©1989 Others 278 Pages
Theology & Philosophy
Series: Conflict and Consciousness , Volume 1

Summary

The author contends that the men who possess the newest weapons are possessed by the oldest psychology - group psychology. This ancient, irresistible force shapes and colors American strategy. However the strategic decision-makers' collective mentality cannot be reduced to a seamless whole because it is the product of opposing forces: rational, bureaucratic imperatives designed to assure the continuity of the Nuclear Elite; and irrational, technological messianism informed by visions of an American millennium.

Details

Pages
278
Year
1989
ISBN (Hardcover)
9780820410746
Language
English
Published
New York, Bern, Frankfurt/M., Paris, 1989. 278 pp.

Biographical notes

Prof. Ron Hirschbein (Author)

The Author: Ron Hirschbein is Professor of Philosophy at California State University, Chico, where he coordinates the concentration in War & Peace Studies. He has also served as a visiting research professor at the University of California's Institute on Global Conflict & Cooperation. He has presented numerous papers on our nuclear predicament, and many of these papers have subsequently appeared in various anthologies. He holds a Ph.D. from Syracuse University.

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