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Strategic Nuclear Targeting
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Edited by:
Desmond Ball
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English
Published/Copyright:
1988
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Although there is much discussion about nations' general policies for nuclear war, most American know little about the actual war plans of the United States and its allies and adversaries. This collection of essays by thirteen academic and professional strategists seeks to close this gap by addressing the basic issues of nuclear targeting policy: the targets to be attacked, the timing of those attacks, and the intended impact of the targeting strategy.
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Desmond Ball is Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. Jeffrey Richelson is Assistant Professor in the School of Government and Public Administration at American University.
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Contents
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Preface
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Glossary
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1. Toward a Critique of Strategic Nuclear Targeting
15 - PART II. Targeting Policies and Plans
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2. U.S. Nuclear War Planning, 1945-1960
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3. The Development of the SIOP, 1960-1983
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4. Soviet Nuclear Targeting Strategy
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5. British Nuclear Targeting
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6. French Nuclear Targeting
127 - PART III. Issues in Strategic Nuclear Targeting
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7. The Dilemmas of Counterpower Targeting
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8. Targeting Problems for Central War
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9. On Keeping Them Down; or, Why Do Recovery Models Recover So Fast?
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10. Exemplary Industrial Targets for Controlled Conflict
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11. Population Targeting and U.S. Strategic Doctrine
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12. Targeting Nuclear Energy
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13. Ethnic Targeting: Some Bad Ideas
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14. War Termination and Nuclear Targeting Strategy
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Contributors
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Keywords for this book
POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICAL HISTORY; INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; SECURITY STUDIES
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