Consequence Management and National Security
In: Responding to Catastrophic Events, S. 231-255
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In: Responding to Catastrophic Events, S. 231-255
In: The SAIS review of international affairs / the Johns Hopkins University, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Band 24, Heft 1, S. 169-172
ISSN: 1945-4724
In: SAIS Review, Band 24, Heft 1, S. 169-172
Kartchner reviews The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed by Scott D. Sagan and Kenneth N. Waltz.
The various factors that prompted American & Soviet politicians to sign the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty are studied. An overview of the USSR's development of ABM technology & the Nixon administration's guidelines for creating the Safeguard ABM system is presented along with an overview of the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks held from 1969-1972. Three determinants that prompted the US to accept the ABM Treaty are identified, eg, the view that controlling the stockpiling of arms would enhance national security by reducing the threat of surprise nuclear attack. The role that then-current Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara & his understanding of mutual assured destruction had on the US's decision is also considered. Although the cultural & theoretical differences between Soviet & American defense planning were significant, it is noted that the USSR also wished to reduce the opposing superpower's capacity to launch a surprise nuclear attack with ballistic missiles. It is concluded that the ABM Treaty was the product of unusual historical conditions & that present-day international developments have forced the US to attempt to revise the treaty. 1 Table. J. W. Parker
In: Strategic review: a quarterly publication of the United States Strategic Institute, Band 17, Heft 4, S. 47-57
ISSN: 0091-6846
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In: Stanford security studies
Limited war and the advent of nuclear weapons / Jeffrey A. Larsen -- The origins of limited nuclear war theory / Andrew L. Ross -- The United States and discriminate nuclear options in the Cold War / Elbridge A. Colby -- Post-Cold War US nuclear strategy / Paul I. Bernstein -- The emerging nuclear landscape / Paul I. Bernstein -- Future scenarios of limited nuclear conflict / Thomas G. Mahnken -- Escalation to limited nuclear war in the 21st century / Kerry M. Kartchner and Michael S. Gerson -- The end of the nuclear taboo? / George H. Quester -- Deterrence, crisis management and nuclear war termination / Schuyler Foerster -- On US preparedness for limited nuclear war / Bruce W. Bennett -- Limited nuclear conflict and the American way of war / James M. Smith -- Limited nuclear war reconsidered / James J. Wirtz
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In: Routledge handbooks
This Handbook offers a collection of cutting-edge essays on all aspects of strategic culture by a mix of international scholars, consultants, military officers, and policymakers. The volume explicitly addresses the analytical conundrums faced by scholars who wish to employ or generate strategic cultural insights, with substantive commentary on defining and scoping strategic culture, analytic frameworks and approaches, levels of analysis, sources of strategic culture, and modalities of change in strategic culture. The chapters engage strategic culture at the civilizational, regional, supra-national, national, non-state actor, and organizational levels. Divided into five thematic parts, the volume will appeal both to students new to the subject and to scholars who wish to incorporate strategic culture into their toolbox of analytical techniques. Part I assesses the evolving theoretical strengths and weaknesses of the field. Part II lays out elements of the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field, including sources and components of strategic culture. Part III presents a number of national strategic cultural profiles representing the state of contemporary strategic culture scholarship. Part IV addresses the utility of strategic culture for practitioners and scholars. Part V summarizes the key theoretical and practical insights offered by the volume's contributors. This handbook will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, defense studies, security studies and International Relations in general, as well as to professional practitioners.
"This Handbook offers a collection of cutting-edge essays on all aspects of strategic culture by a mix of international scholars, consultants, military officers, and policymakers. The volume explicitly addresses the analytical conundrums faced by scholars who wish to employ or generate strategic cultural insights, with substantive commentary on defining and scoping strategic culture, analytic frameworks and approaches, levels of analysis, sources of strategic culture, and modalities of change in strategic culture. The chapters engage strategic culture at the civilizational, regional, supra-national, national, non-state actor, and organizational levels. Divided into five thematic parts, the volume will appeal both to students new to the subject and to scholars who wish to incorporate strategic culture into their toolbox of analytical techniques. Part I assesses the evolving theoretical strengths and weaknesses of the field. Part II lays out elements of the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field, including sources and components of strategic culture. Part III presents a number of national strategic cultural profiles representing the state of contemporary strategic culture scholarship. Part IV addresses the utility of strategic culture for practitioners and scholars. Part V summarizes the key theoretical and practical insights offered by the volume's contributors. This handbook will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, defense studies, security studies and International Relations in general, as well as to professional practitioners"--
In: Routledge handbooks
"This Handbook offers a collection of cutting-edge essays on all aspects of strategic culture by a mix of international scholars, consultants, military officers, and policymakers. The volume explicitly addresses the analytical conundrums faced by scholars who wish to employ or generate strategic cultural insights, with substantive commentary on defining and scoping strategic culture, analytic frameworks and approaches, levels of analysis, sources of strategic culture, and modalities of change in strategic culture. The chapters engage strategic culture at the civilizational, regional, supra-national, national, non-state actor, and organizational levels. Divided into five thematic parts, the volume will appeal both to students new to the subject and to scholars who wish to incorporate strategic culture into their toolbox of analytical techniques. Part I assesses the evolving theoretical strengths and weaknesses of the field. Part II lays out elements of the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field, including sources and components of strategic culture. Part III presents a number of national strategic cultural profiles representing the state of contemporary strategic culture scholarship. Part IV addresses the utility of strategic culture for practitioners and scholars. Part V summarizes the key theoretical and practical insights offered by the volume's contributors. This handbook will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, defense studies, security studies and International Relations in general, as well as to professional practitioners"--
"This Handbook offers a collection of cutting-edge essays on all aspects of strategic culture by a mix of international scholars, consultants, military officers, and policymakers. The volume explicitly addresses the analytical conundrums faced by scholars who wish to employ or generate strategic cultural insights, with substantive commentary on defining and scoping strategic culture, analytic frameworks and approaches, levels of analysis, sources of strategic culture, and modalities of change in strategic culture. The chapters engage strategic culture at the civilizational, regional, supra-national, national, non-state actor, and organizational levels. Divided into five thematic parts, the volume will appeal both to students new to the subject and to scholars who wish to incorporate strategic culture into their toolbox of analytical techniques. Part I assesses the evolving theoretical strengths and weaknesses of the field. Part II lays out elements of the theoretical and methodological foundations of the field, including sources and components of strategic culture. Part III presents a number of national strategic cultural profiles representing the state of contemporary strategic culture scholarship. Part IV addresses the utility of strategic culture for practitioners and scholars. Part V summarizes the key theoretical and practical insights offered by the volume's contributors. This handbook will be of much interest to students of strategic studies, defense studies, security studies and International Relations in general, as well as to professional practitioners"--
In: Initiatives in strategic studies: issues and policies
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