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Since the end of World War II, the United States has faced moral
and strategic issues in its management of force that are unique in
the history of international politics. At the heart of these issues
is the heavy reliance of the United States and its allies on the
deterrent effect of nuclear weapons and the fact that their use
would very likely lea
Showing how the development of space technology could affect the
present system of deterrence, the authors consider the consequences
for U.S. foreign policy, alliance relations, and strategic
stability. In the first essay, Dr. Tucker argues that a greater
commitment to defensive systems would not substantially affect
deterrence or extended deterren
This book analyses the new challenges posed by changes in
technology and the military balance that affect U.S. security. It
presents a searching inquiry into the problems of limited war where
its utility as an instrument of foreign policy is most in doubt:
the Third World.
Since the end of World War II, the United States has faced moral
and strategic issues in its management of force that are unique in
the history of international politics.
Showing how the development of space technology could affect the
present system of deterrence, the authors consider the consequences
for U.S. foreign policy, alliance relations, and strategic
stability. In the first essay, Dr. Tucker argues that a greater
commitment to defensive systems would not substantially affect
deterrence or extended deterren
The strategy of limited war has transformed the American approach
to the use of force and played a key role in U.S. foreign policy
since World War II. As the mainstay of containment it was designed
to deter and fight wars effectively at a tolerable cost and risk in
the nuclear age by providing the United States with a flexible and
controlled response to a variety of military threats. The strategy
met a severe challenge in the Vietnam war; it has nevertheless
continued to prevail as a doctrine, if not necessarily with its
former utility, by adapting to the changing domestic and
international environment after Vietnam. Robert E. Osgood
critically examines the success, ambiguities, and flaws of the
strategy in its expanding application to postwar military policy.
He interprets its impact on the Vietnam war and vice versa, extends
his analysis to the new challenges posed by changes in technology
and the military balance that affect U.S. security, and concludes
with a searching inquiry into the problems of limited war where its
utility as an instrument of foreign policy is now most in doubt:
the Third World.
Originally published in 1970. This volume presents a study of
American foreign policy during the Cold War period, investigating
the United States' involvement with the U.S.S.R., China, and
communist parties throughout the world.
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