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Title

Thinking about strategy : a tribute to Sir Michael Quinlan / coordinated by Bruno Tertrais ; foreword by Thérèse Delpech.

Publication

Paris : L'Harmattan, c2011.

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Additional Authors

• Delpech, Thérèse.
• Fondation pour la recherche stratégique (France)
• Tertrais, Bruno.

Description

138 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

This publication is a tribute to the memory of Sir Michael Quinlan, one of the most distinguished European strategic thinkers of the recent decades, who passed away in March 2009. Though not very well-known outside policy-making circles, Sir Michael had a unique career in UK government and NATO circles. What made him special was a rare combination of intellectual and human qualities, which made him an exceptional figure in the transatlantic community. His influence on Western strategic thinking was profound. In 2010, key American, British, and French analysts -- many of whom were close friends of his -- were asked by the Foundation for Strategic Research to discuss some of the most important issues of our time, in particular on nuclear policy matters, in the light of Sir Michael's thinking.

Uniform Title

Harmatheque.

Subject

• Nuclear weapons
• Quinlan, Michael, 1930-2009 > Influence

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Thinking about nuclear weapons : a conversation in honor of Sir Michael Quinlan / Bruno Tertrais -- The intellectual legacy of Sir Michael Quinlan / Lawrence Freedman -- Nuclear weapons and the prevention of major war / Malcolm Chalmers -- NATO, missile defense and nuclear weapons / Franklin C. Miller -- Will there be a South Asian nuclear war? / Hilary Synnott -- Reflections on nuclear opacity / Ariel E. Levite -- Sir Michael Quinlan's nuclear nonproliferation insights / Henry Sokolski -- Sir Michael Quinlan and the ethics of nuclear weapons / William Walker -- The diminishing utility and justice of nuclear deterrence / George Perkovich -- Aspiration and realism : a path toward a world without nuclear weapons? / Walter B. Slocombe -- Necessary and proportionate : Sir Michael Quinlan on intelligence / David Omand.

ISBN

• 9782296556188
• 2296556183

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Harvard Library