The Strength of Government

Bundy, McGeorge

Harvard University Press

Nations in Arms: The Theory and Practice of Territorial Defence (Studies in International Security)

Engineering & Transportation

ROBERTS, ADAM

Engineering

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

<p>Describes the events leading to the missile crisis, analyzes American actions, and shares the opposing viewpoints of American and Russian experts</p>

On the Brink: Americans and Soviets Reexamine the Cuban Missile Crisis

History

Blight, James G.

Welch, David A.

Americas

Hill & Wang Pub

On Active Service in Peace and War

Stimson, Henry L.

Hippocrene Books

The Strength of Government (The Godkin Lectures on the Essentials of Free Government and the Duties of the Citizen)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

In The Strength of Government, adapted from his Godkin Lectures at Harvard University in March 1968, the then-president of the Ford Foundation contends that the explosive social and technological change of recent decades has greatly increased the need for stronger and more effective national government. To illustrate his thesis, Mr. Bundy discusses the growing need for effective governmental action in the struggle against racism and poverty, the revolution in communications, and the field of nuclear weapons. Each of these problems challenged the common assumption that a strong government is inconsistent with personal freedom. The Jacksonian bias against authority remains the national mode even in a time when the vast majority of Americans rely on federal programs. Mr. Bundy argues from his examples that strong government is an absolute necessity if freedom is to be maintained.

<p>A key player in nuclear confrontations traces the influence of nuclear weapons on politics</p>

Danger & Survival

Military

Vintage

Based on the Godkin lectures delivered at Harvard University in March 1968, presents a discussion of the current political situation in the United States

Replica Books

The end of the U.S.-Soviet standoff and the increasing risk of political adventurers such as Saddam Hussein developing nuclear capability have profoundly altered the shape of global nuclear danger. In Reducing Nuclear Danger, three of America's top experts on nuclear affairs offer a thoughtful prescription for effective international action to cut existing nuclear arsenals and to prevent further proliferation. They argue that the United States must take a cooperative leadership role to achieve worldwide control of nuclear weapons. The immediate tasks to this end are to execute the already agreed-upon reductions in U.S. and Russian forces, ensure that Russia remains the only nuclear state of the former Soviet Union, and substantially strengthen the international efforts against the spread of nuclear weapons. The authors favor adopting a strict doctrine of using nuclear weapons only as a "defensive last resort, " along with other specific changes in current policy. Prominent in their prescriptions is an eventual drastic reduction of the current Russian-American warhead ceilings. They also advocate a new policy for American leaders - toward other nations as well as the American people - of open public explanation of nuclear danger. This important and insightful book on the current nuclear danger should be read by all citizens with an interest in resolving what remains our greatest global risk, at a time of unprecedented opportunity.

Reducing Nuclear Danger: The Road Away from the Brink

Brookings Institution Press

Drell, Sidney D.

Crowe, William J., Jr.

Council on Foreign Relations

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