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Rethinking Nuclear Strategy
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Author : Stephen J Cimbala
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 1988-03
Rethinking Nuclear Strategy written by Stephen J Cimbala and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-03 with History categories.
Rethinking Nuclear Strategy
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Author : Stephen J Cimbala
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Release Date : 1988-03
Rethinking Nuclear Strategy written by Stephen J Cimbala and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-03 with History categories.
Rethinking Nuclear Strategy
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Author : Pennie, Ken
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Rethinking Nuclear Strategy written by Pennie, Ken and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Cold War categories.
Nuclear Endings
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Author : Stephen J. Cimbala
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1989-03-13
Nuclear Endings written by Stephen J. Cimbala and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-03-13 with History categories.
If a nuclear war between American and Soviet forces or the forces of their allies were to start, how would it end? This soberting analysis, one of the few published treatments of War termination, identifies the policies and strategic issues involved in the attempt to control and end a nuclear war should one ever start. The author presents both a comprehensive overview of the theory of war termination and a broad-based analysis of the specific aspects of the question. Throughout, the aim is to provide policymakers and students of military strategy with a tool for improved strategic war planning that emphasizes the importance of flexibility and durability rather than the current emphasis on damage infliction. Cimbala begins by discussing the compelling reasons for studying war termination, among them the potential deterrent value of such study. He then introduced pertinent issues in the literature of war termination, including the notion of an `agreed battle', escalation control, intrawar deterrence, and coercive diplomacy. The bulk of the study is devoted to a detailed discussion of specific aspects of nuclear war determination. Ih his concluding chapter, Cimbala integrates these aspects into a coherrent theory of nuclear war termination and assesses the potential implications of strategic defenses for American nuclear deterrence strategies.
Strategies Alliances And Military Power
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Strategies Alliances And Military Power written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Alliances categories.
Rethinking The Role Of Nuclear Weapons
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Author : David C. Gompert
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Rethinking The Role Of Nuclear Weapons written by David C. Gompert and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Nuclear arms control categories.
In the new era, the United States need not rely on nuclear weapons to prevent a global challenger from upsetting the status quo, to compensate for weakness in conventional defense, or to impress others with its power. Although the threat of nuclear response to conventional attack is no longer crucial to U.S. strategy, rogue states might adopt this tactic to deter U.S. power projection. However, the United States needs nuclear weapons to deter nuclear and biological attack, which could be just as deadly and might not be deterred by threat of U.S. conventional retaliation. The United States could reduce the importance and attractiveness of nuclear weapons, delegitimize their use in response to conventional threats, sharpen nuclear deterrence against biological weapons by stating nuclear weapons would be used only in retaliation for attacks with weapons of mass destruction (WMD)--in essence, a "no-first-use-of-WMD" policy.
Forthcoming Books
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Author : Rose Arny
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988-07
Forthcoming Books written by Rose Arny and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-07 with American literature categories.
Rethinking The Unthinkable
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Author : Ivo H. Daalder
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1993
Rethinking The Unthinkable written by Ivo H. Daalder and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
This is an account of the change of direction on non-proliferation in Europe, and how it has affected the US and the third world.
Strategic Impasse
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Author : Stephen J. Cimbala
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 1989-08-23
Strategic Impasse written by Stephen J. Cimbala and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989-08-23 with History categories.
There is probably no area of more crucial concern nor one more subject to possible misunderstanding and riddled with paradox than nuclear weapons and their use, not only in war, but as deterrents to war. In Strategic Impasse, Cimbala examines the critical issues, problems, and paradoxes inherent in the current nuclear situation. It is from a fundamental contradiction--the usefulness of nuclear weapons versus the undesirability of nuclear war--that nuclear deadlock arises. Their usefulness as deterrents is based on their destructive potential and the balance of power in Europe cannot be adjusted until the inflexible, bipolar balance of terror is addressed. Ironically, superpower sovereignty in nuclear first strike/retaliation capability, shared across the divided East-West political buffer zone, created the impetus for improvements in conventional warfare. To the extent war can be contained below the nuclear threshold, conventional weaponry contributes to deterrence by denial. One difficulty lies in the improbability of completely isolating the nuclear from the conventional battlefield in a European scenario. Also, a level of superpower force perceived to be adequate in peacetime might prove to be an inadequate intrawar deterrent. Because of the underdevelopment of conceptual frameworks, credible deterrence--the creation of nuclear campaigns designed to prevent war--remains conjectural. Highly usable weapons require a command system that can provide for simultaneous fighting and escalation, but escalation beyond a certain level conflicts with control and therefore usability. In turn, low expectations of weapon usability may weaken deterrence. In Gorbachev's defensive sufficiency, forces for aggression and surprise attack would be diminished, while forces for defense would be strengthened. The problem lies not only in differentiating between offensive and defensive weaponry but in achieving a consensus on such a definition by NATO's member countries. The book is divided into three parts: the first section, Issues of Theory and Strategy, scrutinizes the relationship between offense and defense and examines SDI and more inclusive strategic defense matters. It also questions the connection between policy objectives and force, and explores the complication of externalities, such as relations with allies. In section two, Stretching Deterrence, Cimbala reviews the operational art likely to be employed by the Soviets in a conventionally fought European war and defines and appraises the sensor-cyber revolution in technology and its impacts on preferred strategies. The final part, Beyond Deterrence, considers war termination scenarios and related issues, including sociopolitical aspects, surveys the part nuclear weapons play in superpower competition in the Third World, and explains how issues of sovereignty effect deterrence, avoidance, and future super power relations. Strategic Impasse will enable scholars and students of military affairs as well as political scientists and government officials to see beyond current nuclear rhetoric and to make informed judgments on an issue that fundamentally affects this nation's and the world's future.
The Fletcher Forum Of World Affairs
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Fletcher Forum Of World Affairs written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Electronic journals categories.