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Recovering from Nuclear Codependence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2014

Patrick T. McCormick
Patrick T. McCormick*
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St. John's University
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Abstract

With the revolutions in Eastern Europe precipitating a radical transformation of the Cold War which has dominated East-West relations for the past half century, there is a need and an opportunity to examine anew the processes and structures of modern warfare. By constructing a model of the Cold War as an addictive system in which the Americans and the Soviets have cooperated as “nuclear” codependents in the addictive process of the arms race it may be possible to gain a more realistic (dynamic and systemic) understanding of the forces driving global militarism as well as some insights into the dangers which lie ahead as the United States attempts to withdraw and recover from this reality.

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Horizons , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , Spring 1991 , pp. 7 - 17
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Copyright © The College Theology Society 1991

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