Nuclear War and Nuclear Peace
Jerusalem, Israel: Israel Program for Scientific Translations, 1966. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. xii, 303 p. Occasional footnotes. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Questions. Index. This book was written in 1963. The author drew extensively on French and English literature on modern strategy. The author has tried to cover not only the technicalities of strategy but also the wider aspects of the impact of nuclear weapons on the world. From Wikipedia: "Yehoshafat Harkabi (born 1921, Haifa, Israel; died 1994, Jerusalem, Israel) was chief of Israeli military intelligence from 1955 until 1959. Harkabi had a good command of Arabic, a deep knowledge of Arab civilization and history, and a solid understanding of Islam. He developed from an uncompromising hardliner to supporter of a Palestinian state who recognized the PLO as a negotiations partner. In his most well-known work Israel's Fateful Hour, Harkabi described himself as a "Machiavellian dove" intent on searching "for a policy by which Israel can get the best possible settlement of the conflict in the Middle East" (1988, p. xx)-a policy that would include a Zionism "of quality and not of acreage" (p. 225). Following his military career, Harkabi served as a visiting professor at Princeton University and guest scholar at the Brookings Institute. He was Maurice Hexter professor and director of the Leonard Davis Institute of International Relations and Middle East Studies at Hebrew University of Jerusalem." Condition: Fair. No dust jacket. Front cover has large scuff/loss of material with some other wear and soiling.
Keywords: Nuclear Weapons, Proliferation, Nuclear Test Ban, Arms Control, Disarmament, Counterforce, Strategic Balance, Deterrence, Limited War, NATO, Nuclear Strategy
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