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Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Other warfare & defence issues > Arms negotiation & control
"We are dropping cyber bombs. We have never done that before."-U.S.
Defense Department official. A new era of war fighting is emerging
for the U.S. military. Hi-tech weapons have given way to hi tech in
a number of instances recently: A computer virus is unleashed that
destroys centrifuges in Iran, slowing that country's attempt to
build a nuclear weapon. ISIS, which has made the internet the
backbone of its terror operations, finds its network-based command
and control systems are overwhelmed in a cyber attack. A number of
North Korean ballistic missiles fail on launch, reportedly because
their systems were compromised by a cyber campaign. Offensive cyber
operations like these have become important components of U.S.
defense strategy and their role will grow larger. But just what
offensive cyber weapons are and how they could be used remains
clouded by secrecy. This new volume by Amy Zegart and Herb Lin is a
groundbreaking discussion and exploration of cyber weapons with a
focus on their strategic dimensions. It brings together many of the
leading specialists in the field to provide new and incisive
analysis of what former CIA director Michael Hayden has called
"digital combat power" and how the United States should incorporate
that power into its national security strategy.
In 1974 Richard Nixon's defense secretary, James Schlesinger,
announced that the United States would change its nuclear targeting
policy from "assured destruction" to "limited nuclear options." In
this account of the Schlesinger Doctrine based on newly
declassified documents and extensive interviews with key actors,
Terry Terriff challenges the Nixon administration's official
explanation of why and how this policy innovation occurred.
The biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly
developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press,
examines critical issues in Romanian studies, linking work in that
field to wider theoretical debates and issues of current relevance,
and serving as a forum for junior and senior scholars. The journal
also presents articles that connect Romania and Moldova
comparatively with other states and their ethnic majorities and
minorities, and with other groups by investigating the challenges
of migration and globalization and the impact of the European
Union. Issue No. 3 contains: Alexandra Chiriac: Ephemeral
Modernisms, Transnational Lives: Reconstructing Avant-Garde
Performance in Bucharest; Petru Negura: Compulsory Primary
Education and State Building in Rural Bessarabia (1918-1940);
Vladimir Solonari: Record Weak: Romanian Judiciary in Occupied
Transnistria; Delia Popescu: A Political Palimpsest: Nationalism
and Faith in Petre Tuteas Thinking; Cynthia M. Horne: What Is too
Long and When Is too Late for Transitional Justice? Observations
from the Case of Romania; Brindusa Armanca and Peter Gross:
Searching for a Future: Mass Media and the Uncertain Construction
of Democracy in Romania.
Exploring how the United States manages its still-powerful nuclear
arsenalArms control agreements and the end of the cold war have
made the prospect of nuclear war a distant fear for the general
public. But the United States and its principle rivals China and
Russia still maintain sizable arsenals of nuclear weapons, along
with the systems for managing them and using them if that terrible
day ever comes. Understanding U.S. Nuclear Operations describes how
the United States manages its nuclear forces, focusing on how
theories and policies are put into practice. It addresses such
questions as: What have been the guiding priorities of U.S. nuclear
strategy since the end of the cold war? What nuclear attack options
would the President have during a war? How are these war plans
developed and reviewed by civilian and military leaders? How would
presidential orders be conveyed to the uniformed men and women who
are entrusted with U.S. nuclear weapons systems? And are these
communications systems and supporting capabilities vulnerable to
disruption or attack? The answers to such questions depend on the
process by which national strategy for nuclear deterrence,
developed by civilian leaders, is converted into nuclear war plans
and the entire range of procedures for implementing those plans if
necessary. The authors of the book's chapters have extensive
experience in government, the armed forces, and the analytic
community. Drawing on their firsthand knowledge, as well as the
public record, they provide unique, authoritative accounts of how
the United States manages it nuclear forces today. This book will
be of interest to the national security community, particularly
younger experts who did not grow up in the nuclear-centric milieu
of the cold war. Any national security analyst, professional or
government staffer aiming to learn more about nuclear modernization
policy and the U.S. nuclear arsenal should be interested in this
book. It should also be of interest to professors and students who
want a deep understanding of U.S. nuclear policy.
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