Tannenwald

Tannenwald finds instance after instance of American leaders thinking that first use of nuclear weapons, as in preventive or preemptive war, was wrong—not strategically or tactically necessarily, but wrong morally and ethically, “inconsistent with American values,” which call for “discrimination and proportionality in use of force.”

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

But the dimension Tannenwald tends to neglect in constructing her thesis about a taboo is culture.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Still, I should say, Tannenwald has been scrupulous enough to include a third explanation for non-use: luck.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Tannenwald finds instance after instance of American leaders thinking that first use of nuclear weapons, as in preventive or preemptive war, was wrong—not strategically or tactically necessarily, but wrong morally and ethically, “inconsistent with American values,” which call for “discrimination and proportionality in use of force.”

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Still, I should say, Tannenwald has been scrupulous enough to include a third explanation for non-use: luck.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

But the dimension Tannenwald tends to neglect in constructing her thesis about a taboo is culture.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Tannenwald argues that the prevailing explanation—which she attributes to the realist school of foreign policy, which tends to see the behavior of nations as the pure product of self-interest—is wrong.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Tannenwald argues that the prevailing explanation—which she attributes to the realist school of foreign policy, which tends to see the behavior of nations as the pure product of self-interest—is wrong.

How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011

Tannenwald, Jr., a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, who wrote many of the foreign aid bills which President Harry Truman presented to

The Invisible Government Dan Smoot 1958

After Mr. Tannenwald and his task force had finished writing the 1961 foreign aid bill, President Kennedy appointed Tannenwald coordinator in charge of "presenting" the bill to committees of the House and Senate.

The Invisible Government Dan Smoot 1958