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This book is a full inquiry into the likely size and sophistication
of the Israeli nuclear weapons program. It attempts to reconstruct
the history of Israel's development of atomic weaponry and to
define the probable characteristics of Israel's nuclear arsenal.
Israel's Nuclear Arsenal is a full inquiry into the likely size and
sophistication of the Israeli nuclear weapons program. Among the
key questions it addresses are: Did other nations-the United
States, France, or West Germany, for example-assist Israel in
developing its nuclear weapons capacity? What is the nature of
Israel's industrial nuclear infrastructure? What are the design,
number, and yield of its atomic bombs? How are they deliverable?
The answers to these queries are important: Israel's nuclear
capability is one of the most potentially critical, and least
discussed, variables on the world scene today. By providing the
most comprehensive and in-depth investigation to date of Israel's
atomic military strength, Pry lays the foundation for analyzing
Israeli strategic options and the A-bomb's potential to contribute
to international stability or instability, war or peace. This book
establishes a new basis from which debate over the political and
strategic significance of Israeli nuclear arms can proceed.
The fourth volume of the Center for Security Policy's National
Security Policy Proceedings includes transcripts of remarks by Tevi
Troy, Tom Donnelly, Peter Pry, Peter Brookes, Lisa Curtis, and
David J. Trachtenberg. It contains book reviews by Samara
Greenberg, Kyle Shideler, and Christopher Holton.
Why do some American intelligence officials maintain fallout
shelters and private contingency plans to evacuate their families
in the event of a Russian nuclear strike--even in today's post-Cold
War era of U.S.-Russian partnership? The frightening answer lies
within the pages of "War Scare," a terrifying assessment of the
prospect for nuclear holocaust in our day. Written by Peter Vincent
Pry, a former CIA military analyst, "War Scare" provides a history
of our country's little-known brushes with nuclear war and warns
that, contrary to popular opinion and the assurances of our
political leaders, the possibility of a Russian attack still
exists. Nuclear deterrence has been the foundation of Western
security for the last 50 years, but since the end of the Cold War,
Russian military doctrine has become more destabilizing, and much
more dangerous, than is commonly believed.
By making use of a wealth of declassified and unclassified
material, Dr. Pry illustrates how Russia's brutal past continues to
shape the consciousness and decision making of its leaders, many of
whom are unreconstructed ideologues from the old Soviet regime.
Gripped by a perpetual perception of imminent threat--a war
scare--the Russian General Staff, which controls the technical
capability of launching a nuclear strike, has shown itself to be
unstable at best. The author explores recent history and
near-disasters such as the Bosnian crisis, the Norway missile
incident, and U.S. air strikes on Iraq from the perspective of the
Russian General Staff, believing that only by understanding their
viewpoint can we minimize the risk of unintentionally provoking a
deadly attack. Wary of NATO expansion and reeling from the Russian
economy's descent into chaos, the General Staff may interpret
Western military exercises and operations in the Middle East and
elsewhere as concealing surprise aggression against Russia. This is
a grave situation, indeed, as even after the START I, II, and III
agreements, Russia will retain enough nuclear weapons to destroy
the world--not to mention significantly expanded chemical and
biological warfare capability. "War Scare" convincingly shows that
we ignore these facts at our peril.
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