Pierre Hassner is Research Director at the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERI) in Paris and Professor at both the Institut d'Études Politiques, Paris and the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center.

• Introduction. Part 1: Violence and rationality Part 2: Nuclear deterrence Part 3: Totalitarianism Part 4: Nationalism Part 5: Tensions Conclusion

Pierre Hassner is Research Director at the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERI) in Paris and Professor at both the Institut d'Études Politiques, Paris and the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center.

• Introduction. Part 1: Violence and rationality Part 2: Nuclear deterrence Part 3: Totalitarianism Part 4: Nationalism Part 5: Tensions Conclusion

Pierre Hassner is Research Director at the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales (CERI) in Paris and Professor at both the Institut d'Études Politiques, Paris and the Johns Hopkins University Bologna Center.

• Introduction. Part 1: Violence and rationality Part 2: Nuclear deterrence Part 3: Totalitarianism Part 4: Nationalism Part 5: Tensions Conclusion