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Designed to introduce the reader to the critical issues of arms
control and international security in the 1980s, this collection of
provocative and challenging articles encourages a rethinking of
conventional wisdom on strategic policy. The authors succinctly
convey the tensions existing between those who would eliminate the
weapons on which strategic deterrence has rested and those who see
the Soviet nuclear buildup as a challenge that must be met with
increased armaments. They reflect, as well, on the conceptual
tension between eliminating nuclear weapons and answering the
question of how defense can be managed in the nuclear era. Their
contributions are at times compelling, at times frustrating, but at
all times informative and of critical importance.
Originally published in 1987, The Logic of Nuclear Terror presented
a much-needed critical review of the premises, concepts, and policy
prescriptions of deterrence theories and doctrines at the time. In
particular, authors address: the historical validity, theoretical
vitality, and policy-relevance of nuclear deterrence theories and
doctrines; the ways in which technological and political change
have affected the original concepts of nuclear war and deterrence
strategies, and the ways in which such changes have affected policy
and doctrine; and realistic alternative ways of thinking about
strategy in the changing context of new military technologies and
international politics. The outstanding group of international
contributors to this volume include both proponents and critics of
current doctrine. The result is an unusually well-balanced and
unique contribution to our understanding of nuclear deterrence
theory and practice. As such, it will be of interest to students,
policymakers, and teachers of international relations, defense and
foreign policy, US-Soviet relations, and arms control and
disarmament.
This book, first published in 1981, is a comprehensive examination
of the main theoretical, methodological and empirical approaches to
the study of the military in modernising political systems, in
socialist and non-socialist countries. It analyses civil-military
relations in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and China, and in
doing so sheds new light on the comparative politics and strategic
affairs of the Cold War period.
This book, first published in 1981, is a comprehensive examination
of the main theoretical, methodological and empirical approaches to
the study of the military in modernising political systems, in
socialist and non-socialist countries. It analyses civil-military
relations in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and China, and in
doing so sheds new light on the comparative politics and strategic
affairs of the Cold War period.
Originally published in 1987, The Logic of Nuclear Terror presented
a much-needed critical review of the premises, concepts, and policy
prescriptions of deterrence theories and doctrines at the time. In
particular, authors address: the historical validity, theoretical
vitality, and policy-relevance of nuclear deterrence theories and
doctrines; the ways in which technological and political change
have affected the original concepts of nuclear war and deterrence
strategies, and the ways in which such changes have affected policy
and doctrine; and realistic alternative ways of thinking about
strategy in the changing context of new military technologies and
international politics. The outstanding group of international
contributors to this volume include both proponents and critics of
current doctrine. The result is an unusually well-balanced and
unique contribution to our understanding of nuclear deterrence
theory and practice. As such, it will be of interest to students,
policymakers, and teachers of international relations, defense and
foreign policy, US-Soviet relations, and arms control and
disarmament.
This book contains papers and comments presented at the Conference
on International Security and Arms Control convened for the
understanding of international security and arms control. The
papers represent a wide diversity of subjects relevant to arms
control. .
This book investigates the relationship between the Communist Party
and the military establishment in the Soviet Union. It indicates
that there are several factors influencing the dynamics of that
relationship, and thus the respective roles of the protagonists.
This volume reflects the research and discussions for the Bellagio
Conference, with a spcial emphasis on the distinct perspective
introduced by the Europeans on the issues of superpower strategic
relations in general and on MAD and SDI in particular. Their views
are shaped by concerns on how these broader issues might affect
their own national security interests.
Nuclear strategy and deterrence in their golden age -a
nostalgically defined period sometime in the mid-1950s to mid-1960s
- promised to harness and control the nuclear Moloch; hopes were
high that the civilian strategists flooding into Washington would
succeed in designing a new science of war that would safeguard
national security, provide a stable international environment, and
develop a rational decision-making process for the management of
national interests in a hostile nuclear world. Three decades later,
it is a commonplace that the erstwhile promises and pretensions of
the nuclear whiz kids and the wizards of Armageddon have not lived
up to expectations.
The Soviet Union, currently undergoing a period of transition, is
faced with the need to overcome chronic problems both domestic and
abroad that have been developing for many years. Wide-ranging and
up-to-date, Soviet Politics takes a close look at all the major
aspects of Soviet political life in the 1980s.
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