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Cold War Christians and the Spectre of Nuclear Deterrence, 1945-1959
Jonathan Gorry
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Paperback. Offering a new interpretation of early Cold War history, this book demonstrates how Christian agency played a pivotal role in the creating of space for the logic of nuclear deterrence and nuclear war, showing a balanced examination of Christians as enablers but, more provocatively, as resisters of nuclear prohibitions. Series: Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000. Num Pages: 216 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL; HBTB; HPC; HRAX; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
Offering a new interpretation of early Cold War history, this book demonstrates how Christian agency played a pivotal role in the creating of space for the logic of nuclear deterrence and nuclear war, showing a balanced examination of Christians as enablers but, more provocatively, as resisters of nuclear prohibitions.
Offering a new interpretation of early Cold War history, this book demonstrates how Christian agency played a pivotal role in the creating of space for the logic of nuclear deterrence and nuclear war, showing a balanced examination of Christians as enablers but, more provocatively, as resisters of nuclear prohibitions.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700-2000
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349462650
SKU
V9781349462650
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99-15
About Jonathan Gorry
Jonathan Gorry is Lecturer in International Relations at the Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is interested in notions of secularisation, questions of political violence and teaching/learning in higher education.
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