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Book Synopsis First Strike! by : Robert C. Aldridge
Download or read book First Strike! written by Robert C. Aldridge and published by South End Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former design engineer for Lockheed presents a comprehensive survey of U.S. and Soviet nuclear forces and strategic doctrines that exposes the U.S. military's dangerous bid for "first strike" capability and describes corporate imperatives for perpetuating the arms race and circumventing arms control.
Book Synopsis First Strike! by : Robert C. Aldridge
Download or read book First Strike! written by Robert C. Aldridge and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former design engineer for Lockheed presents a comprehensive survey of U.S. and Soviet nuclear forces and strategic doctrines that exposes the U.S. military's dangerous bid for first strike capability and describes corporate imperatives for perpetuating the arms race and circumventing arms control.
Book Synopsis Nuclear First Strike by : George H. Quester
Download or read book Nuclear First Strike written by George H. Quester and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative and timely work examines various scenarios in which the deployment of nuclear weapons could occur, the probable consequences of such an escalation, the likely world reactions, and the plausible policy ramifications. Rather than projecting the physical damage that would result from nuclear attacks, George H. Quester offers an exploration of the political, psychological, and social aftermath of nuclear conflict. The prospect of nuclear attack -- sixty years after atomic bombs destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- is difficult to confront on many levels. We may avoid the discussion for emotional reasons, for fear of generating a self-confirming hypothesis, or simply because of the general "nuclear taboo." But there are also self-denying propositions to be harnessed here: if the world gives some advance thought to how nuclear weapons might be used again, such attacks may be headed off. If the world avoids nuclear weapons use until the year 2045, it will be able to celebrate one hundred years of nuclear concord. Quester suggests that this may be achieved through the careful consideration of possible nuclear deployment scenarios and their consequences. In this insightful analysis, he provides a starting point for informed and focused reflection and preparation. -- Martha Smith-Norris
Book Synopsis The Soviet First Strike Threat by : Jack H. Nunn
Download or read book The Soviet First Strike Threat written by Jack H. Nunn and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1982 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Bomb written by Fred Kaplan and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the classic The Wizards of Armageddon and Pulitzer Prize finalist comes the definitive history of American policy on nuclear war—and Presidents’ actions in nuclear crises—from Truman to Trump. Fred Kaplan, hailed by The New York Times as “a rare combination of defense intellectual and pugnacious reporter,” takes us into the White House Situation Room, the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s “Tank” in the Pentagon, and the vast chambers of Strategic Command to bring us the untold stories—based on exclusive interviews and previously classified documents—of how America’s presidents and generals have thought about, threatened, broached, and just barely avoided nuclear war from the dawn of the atomic age until today. Kaplan’s historical research and deep reporting will stand as the permanent record of politics. Discussing theories that have dominated nightmare scenarios from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Kaplan presents the unthinkable in terms of mass destruction and demonstrates how the nuclear war reality will not go away, regardless of the dire consequences.
Book Synopsis Nuclear Winter First Strike: Post Apocalyptic Survival Thriller by : Bobby Akart
Download or read book Nuclear Winter First Strike: Post Apocalyptic Survival Thriller written by Bobby Akart and published by Nuclear Winter. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nuclear war may kill millions, Nuclear Winter will kill billions First Strike depicts a world on the edge of nuclear Armageddon
Book Synopsis Mutual Assured Destruction by : Fouad Sabry
Download or read book Mutual Assured Destruction written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2024-06-19 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Mutual Assured Destruction Mutual assured destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy which posits that a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by an attacker on a nuclear-armed defender with second-strike capabilities would result in the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender. It is based on the theory of rational deterrence, which holds that the threat of using strong weapons against the enemy prevents the enemy's use of those same weapons. The strategy is a form of Nash equilibrium in which, once armed, neither side has any incentive to initiate a conflict or to disarm. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Mutual assured destruction Chapter 2: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Chapter 3: Strategic Defense Initiative Chapter 4: First strike (nuclear strategy) Chapter 5: Minimal deterrence Chapter 6: Nuclear strategy Chapter 7: Nuclear utilization target selection Chapter 8: Fail-deadly Chapter 9: Nuclear arms race Chapter 10: Massive retaliation (II) Answering the public top questions about mutual assured destruction. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Mutual Assured Destruction.
Book Synopsis Aftermath of a Nuclear Attack by : Anil Chauhan
Download or read book Aftermath of a Nuclear Attack written by Anil Chauhan and published by Pentagon Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aims to demystify aspects and effects of nuclear weapons so that civil and military defence planners have a reasonable idea about the scale and magnitude of disaster that will follow a nuclear attack. As a natural corollary, the book examines the type and nature of post-attack disaster management operations that may have to be launched following a counter-value strike.
Book Synopsis Nuclear Superiority by : David S. McDonough
Download or read book Nuclear Superiority written by David S. McDonough and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2002 the Bush administration completed a Nuclear Posture Review that introduced a ‘new triad’ based on offensive-strike systems, defences and a revitalized defence infrastructure. The new triad is designed for a new strategic threat environment, characterized not by a long-standing nuclear rivalry with another superpower, but by unstable relationships with rogue-state proliferators, alongside more ambiguous relations with nuclear-weapon powers. Providing a historical context to these modifications to US nuclear strategy, Nuclear Superiority details how the new triad, which strongly emphasizes the need to bolster the credibility of the nuclear deterrent and to prepare for nuclear use when deterrence fails, is founded on previous efforts to secure nuclear superiority against the Soviet Union and counter-proliferation capabilities against WMD-proliferant adversaries. It illustrates how the evolution of American nuclear strategy towards more effective counter-force capabilities, regardless of the current threat environment, has led to a host of counter-force developments. David S. McDonough explores how this strategy is based on the long-standing American desire to control conflict escalation and how it may invite crisis instability with regional adversaries and disquiet among established nuclear powers.
Book Synopsis China's Nuclear Future by : Paul J. Bolt
Download or read book China's Nuclear Future written by Paul J. Bolt and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?Provides cutting-edge empirical research on a difficult strategic question, while also situating the issue within a nuanced discussion of recent Chinese history and intellectual traditions. China?s Nuclear Future contributes much to a new understanding of China?s nuclear policy past, present, and future.? ?Andrew Oros, Washington CollegeIn the face of significant changes in the contemporary geopolitical environment, China?s longstanding policy of maintaining a minimal nuclear stockpile may also be shifting. China?s Nuclear Future provides a comprehensive overview of both the evolution of China?s nuclear policy and the strategic implications of current developments.The authors examine a full range of issues, from China?s rising economic fortunes to the impact of the U.S.-led war on terror. Their assessment of the drivers and constraints that are transforming China?s nuclear posture is key to understanding not only the country?s possible nuclear futures, but also the broader issue of its role in world politics.Paul J. Bolt is professor of political science at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Albert S. Willner, Colonel, U.S. Army, taught in the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy in 2000-2004; at present, he is pending assignment as the Chief of the Liaison Affairs Section at the American Institute in Taiwan. Contents: China?s Nuclear Future in a Changing Environment?the Editors. Culture, Strategy, and Security?C.A. Cleary. Evolving Nuclear Doctrine?E.S. Medeiros. Strategic Force Modernization?P.C. Saunders and J. Yuan. Beijing?s Perceptions of U.S. Intentions?R.N. Montaperto. The Potential Flashpoint: Taiwan?T. Wai. Alternative Futures?B. Roberts.
Book Synopsis A Time to Attack by : Matthew Kroenig
Download or read book A Time to Attack written by Matthew Kroenig and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean for Iran to have nuclear weapon capabilities? And what should the United States do about this threatening situation?
Book Synopsis Arms and Influence by : Thomas C. Schelling
Download or read book Arms and Influence written by Thomas C. Schelling and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-03-17 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is a brilliant and hardheaded book. It will frighten those who prefer not to dwell on the unthinkable and infuriate those who have taken refuge in stereotypes and moral attitudinizing.”—Gordon A. Craig, New York Times Book Review Originally published more than fifty years ago, this landmark book explores the ways in which military capabilities—real or imagined—are used, skillfully or clumsily, as bargaining power. Anne-Marie Slaughter’s new introduction to the work shows how Schelling’s framework—conceived of in a time of superpowers and mutually assured destruction—still applies to our multipolar world, where wars are fought as much online as on the ground.
Book Synopsis Nuclear Weapons by : World Peace Council. Information Centre
Download or read book Nuclear Weapons written by World Peace Council. Information Centre and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Nuclear First Strike by : Rosemary M. Carter
Download or read book Nuclear First Strike written by Rosemary M. Carter and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper considers the morality of a first strike attack against a nonstate terrorist organization that possesses nuclear weapon capability. Nuclear first strike is the policy that reserves the right to use nuclear weapons against an enemy before that enemy employs a like weapon without any constraints on the decision to employ the weapon. First strike has been part of the strategies on nuclear weapon use since the earliest debates on nuclear arms, when the United States was the only nuclear power (Brodie, "The Atomic Dilemma," 32). For the purposes of this paper, first strike is expanded to include the use of conventional weapons to attack a terrorist-controlled nuclear weapon that would result in nuclear casualties either from the detonation of a nuclear bomb or fallout from a nuclear dirty bomb. Parallel to the United States and global policy debates on the use of nuclear weapons is a debate among social, religious, medical, and legal experts on the morality of the use of nuclear weapons. This dialog, grounded in the concepts of the principles of just war, shaped the historical United States nuclear policy debates of massive retaliation, mutually assured destruction (MAD), graduated response, and deterrence. All these polices were predicated on the assumption that the United States "would not deliberately initiate a total war for the sake of securing for ourselves the military advantage of first blow" (Brodie, World Politics, 174). As the community of nuclear powers expanded, the US nuclear arms policy was revisited and debated. Through it all, one of the fundamentals remained that nuclear capability was developed and maintained by nation states. However, the cast of potential nuclear players may change shortly to include nonstate terrorist organizations. Recent US policy states that our nation is reevaluating deterrence, now that these organizations are attempting to acquire nuclear capability. It is against this backdrop that this paper considers the moral authority of a US pre-emptive strike against such an organization with a confirmed nuclear capability. Moral authority is defined for this paper as being in compliance with the traditional principles of just war. The paper provides a brief history of the development of nuclear weapons and nuclear employment strategies to include first strike. It also provides a very concise evolution of just war theories with references for further study. An analysis is done of each of the eight traditional just war principles against the scenario of US first strike. The conclusion is that as long as the US employs this tactic as a last resort against the terrorist threat, it has the moral authority to employ first strike against nuclear-armed terrorists even if that attack may result in nuclear casualties.
Book Synopsis Evolution of Nuclear Strategy by : K. S. Tripathi
Download or read book Evolution of Nuclear Strategy written by K. S. Tripathi and published by Delhi : Vikas Publications. This book was released on 1970 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Analyzing Strategic Nuclear Policy by : Charles L. Glaser
Download or read book Analyzing Strategic Nuclear Policy written by Charles L. Glaser and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With sweeping changes in the Soviet Union and East Europe having shaken core assumptions of U.S. defense policy, it is time to reassess basic questions of American nuclear strategy and force requirements. In a comprehensive analysis of these issues, Charles Glaser argues that even before the recent easing of tension with the Soviet Union, the United States should have revised its nuclear strategy, rejecting deterrent threats that require the ability to destroy Soviet nuclear forces and forgoing entirely efforts to limit damage if all-out nuclear war occurs. Changes in the Soviet Union, suggests Glaser, may be best viewed as creating an opportunity to make revisions that are more than twenty years overdue. Glaser's provocative work is organized in three parts. "The Questions behind the Questions" evaluates the basic factual and theoretical disputes that underlie disagreements about U.S. nuclear weapons policy. "Alternative Nuclear Worlds" compares "mutual assured destruction capabilities" (MAD)--a world in which both superpowers' societies are highly vulnerable to nuclear retaliation--to the basic alternatives: mutual perfect defenses, U.S. superiority, and nuclear disarmament. Would any basic alternatives be preferable to MAD? Drawing on the earlier sections of the book, "Decisions in MAD" addresses key choices facing American decision makers. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Download or read book Nuclear Warfare written by Fouad Sabry and published by One Billion Knowledgeable. This book was released on 2024-05-30 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is Nuclear Warfare Nuclear warfare, also known as atomic warfare, is a military conflict or prepared political strategy that deploys nuclear weaponry. Nuclear weapons are weapons of mass destruction; in contrast to conventional warfare, nuclear warfare can produce destruction in a much shorter time and can have a long-lasting radiological result. A major nuclear exchange would likely have long-term effects, primarily from the fallout released, and could also lead to secondary effects, such as "nuclear winter", nuclear famine, and societal collapse. A global thermonuclear war with Cold War-era stockpiles, or even with the current smaller stockpiles, may lead to various scenarios including the extinction of the human species. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Nuclear warfare Chapter 2: Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty Chapter 3: Cruise missile Chapter 4: Intercontinental ballistic missile Chapter 5: Nuclear weapon Chapter 6: Nuclear disarmament Chapter 7: First strike (nuclear strategy) Chapter 8: Mutual assured destruction Chapter 9: World War III Chapter 10: History of nuclear weapons (II) Answering the public top questions about nuclear warfare. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Nuclear Warfare.
