{"product_id":"9783032279743","title":"Normalizing the Atomic Bomb Nuclear Counterproliferation and the Making of a Doctrine","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSpringerBriefs in International Relations\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eNormalizing the Atomic Bomb\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eNuclear Counterproliferation and the Making of a Doctrine\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEric Chauvistré\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Public Policy \/ Military Policy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis book contends that a pivotal effort to challenge the presumed uniqueness of the atomic bomb emerged with the United States’ adoption of the counterproliferation doctrine in 1993. For the first time, U.S. armed forces were explicitly tasked with preparing for limited wars against nuclear‑armed adversaries—an approach that marked a profound shift in how nuclear weapons were conceptualized.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eBuilding on an extensive review of U.S. government documents that defined and shaped the doctrine, the book also draws on interviews conducted shortly after its launch with senior analysts and officials directly involved in its development. Together, these sources offer an unparalleled view into the doctrine’s origins, rationale, and internal debates.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to tracing the doctrine’s evolution, the book situates it within its broader historical moment. It examines the academic and foreign‑policy discussions of the early 1990s that influenced the doctrine’s emergence and assesses the extent to which it reshaped strategic thinking inside the Pentagon. The analysis shows that, despite fostering a new mindset, the doctrine ultimately failed to achieve its core promise of improving U.S. military preparedness for limited wars against nuclear‑armed opponents.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe book concludes that—even amid dramatic shifts in global power dynamics over the past three decades—early understandings of the atomic bomb as a uniquely devastating and fundamentally undefendable weapon remain compelling. Yet the counterproliferation doctrine left an enduring imprint: by asserting that wars against nuclear‑armed states are winnable and that the effects of nuclear weapons can be contained, it helped normalize the atomic bomb in U.S. strategic thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEric Chauvistré is a professor of journalism studies at Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences. He holds a PhD in international relations from the Free University of Berlin and has published extensively on a broad range of questions related to nuclear weapon proliferation and force projection. For nearly two decades, he worked as a news editor, reporter, and analyst with major German news outlets, focusing on military-political affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eHe is the author of \u003cem\u003eWir Gutkrieger: Warum die Bundeswehr im Ausland scheitern wird\u003c\/em\u003e (published in 2009) and \u003cem\u003eThe implications of IAEA inspections under Security Council resolution 687\u003c\/em\u003e (a study for the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, published in 1992).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032279743\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e149\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47732007436428,"sku":"9783032279743","price":49.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032279743.jpg?v=1781061448","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032279743","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}