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- catalog abstract "Lawrence Freedman's acclaimed study of military and political attempts to cope with the power of nuclear weapons has now been updated to take account of the period following the end of the Cold War.".
- catalog contributor b13060628.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-548) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Lawrence Freedman's acclaimed study of military and political attempts to cope with the power of nuclear weapons has now been updated to take account of the period following the end of the Cold War.".
- catalog description "Section 1. First and second thoughts. The arrival of the bomb. Offence and defence. Aggression and retaliation. -- Section 2. Towards a policy of deterrence. Strategy for an atomic monopoly. Strategy an atomic stalemmate. Massive retaliation. -- Section 3. Limited war. Limited objectives. Limited means. -- Section 4. The fear of surprise attack. The importance of being first. Sputniks and the Soviet threat. The technological arms race. -- Section 5. The strategy of stable conflict. The formal strategists. Arms control. Bargaining and escalation. -- Section 6. From counter-force to assured destruction. City-avoidance. Assured destruction. The Soviet approach to deterrence. The Chinese connection. -- Section 7. The European dimension. A conventional defence for Europe. The European nuclear option: (i) Anglo-Saxon views. The European nuclear option: (ii) French and German views. -- Section 8. Restreat from assured destruction. Military-industrial complexities. The consensus undermined. Parity. Selective options. The Reagan administration and the great nuclear debate. The threat evaporates. The second nuclear age. Can there be a nuclear strategy?".
- catalog extent "xix, 566 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0333652983".
- catalog identifier "0333972392 (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Basingstoke, Hampshire [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan,".
- catalog subject "355.02/17 21".
- catalog subject "Military policy.".
- catalog subject "Nuclear warfare.".
- catalog subject "U263 .F698 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Section 1. First and second thoughts. The arrival of the bomb. Offence and defence. Aggression and retaliation. -- Section 2. Towards a policy of deterrence. Strategy for an atomic monopoly. Strategy an atomic stalemmate. Massive retaliation. -- Section 3. Limited war. Limited objectives. Limited means. -- Section 4. The fear of surprise attack. The importance of being first. Sputniks and the Soviet threat. The technological arms race. -- Section 5. The strategy of stable conflict. The formal strategists. Arms control. Bargaining and escalation. -- Section 6. From counter-force to assured destruction. City-avoidance. Assured destruction. The Soviet approach to deterrence. The Chinese connection. -- Section 7. The European dimension. A conventional defence for Europe. The European nuclear option: (i) Anglo-Saxon views. The European nuclear option: (ii) French and German views. -- Section 8. Restreat from assured destruction. Military-industrial complexities. The consensus undermined. Parity. Selective options. The Reagan administration and the great nuclear debate. The threat evaporates. The second nuclear age. Can there be a nuclear strategy?".
- catalog title "The evolution of nuclear strategy / Lawrence Freedman.".
- catalog type "text".