Nuclear deterrence in U.S.-Soviet relations. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Nuclear deterrence in US-Soviet relations
• Further Information: Note: Keith B. Payne ; foreword by Colin S. Gray.
• Other Names: Payne, Keith B
• Contents: 2. The assured vulnerabilty model of deterrence: Assumptions of the assured vulnerability model ; Targeting flexibility -- 3. Assured vulnerability and the United States strategic force posture: Assured vulnerability and BMD ; BMD and crisis instability ; ICBM defense and strategic stability ; BMD, the arms race, and SALT -- 4. The inadequacy of assured vulnerability: Assumptions (Decision making ; Urban and industrial vulnerability ; The Soviet assured destruction threat ; Inevitable escalation) ; Flexible targeting ; Assured vulnerability and the end of United States superiority -- 5. The Soviet Union : A status quo power?: Convergence theory ; Peaceful coexistence ; The Angolan civil war ; The Horn of Africa -- 6. Soviet strategic thought: Soviet strategic doctrine ; Soviet strategic culture (Con.) 7. The strategic balance and the value of superiority: Soviet strategic theory ; A countersilo exchange model ; Soviet superiority -- 8. An adequate theory of deterrence : A balanced approach to offence and defense: PD-59 : A continuation of mutual vulnerability ; Arguments against classical strategy ; Classical strategy and arms control ; Classical strategy and the Reagan administration.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 327.73047; Deterrence (Strategy); Deterrence (Strategy); Diplomatic relations; Military policy; Abschreckung; Atomare Rüstung; Militärpolitik; United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union; Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States; United States -- Military policy; Soviet Union -- Military policy; Soviet Union; United States; Sowjetunion; USA; Sowjetunion; USA
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429725883; 0429725884
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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