In this sobering book Barry R. Posen demonstrates how the interplay between conventional military operations and nuclear forces could, in conflicts among states armed with both conventional and nuclear weaponry, inadvertently produce pressures for nuclear escalation. Knowledge of these hidden pressures, he believes, may help some future decision maker avoid catastrophe.
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Soviet Union, United States, World War, Department of Defense, Warsaw Pact, Soviet Military Power, New York, Barents Sea, Central Europe, Soviet Navy, Eastern Europe, Central Region, Northern Fleet, Armed Services, Annual Report, International Security, Kola Peninsula, Soviet Army, Expansion Model, Congressional Budget Office, East European, Western Europe, German U-boats, Naval Institute Proceedings, North Cape New!
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- Managing Nuclear Operations by Ashton B. Carter on 8 pages
- Can nuclear war be controlled? (Adelphi papers) by Desmond Ball on 7 pages
- Soviet theatre nuclear forces (Adelphi papers) by Stephen M Meyer on 6 pages
- Military Modeling by Wayne P. Hughes on 4 pages
- Soviet Armed Forces Review Annual by David Jones on 4 pages
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- Cooperation Under Fire: Anglo-German Restraint During World War II (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) by Jeffrey Legro on page 18, and Back Matter
- Causes of War by Stephen Van Evera on page 119, and Back Matter
- Interpreting China's Military Power: Doctrine Makes Readiness by Ka Po Ng in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Future of US-Korean Relations: The Imbalance of Power (Asia's Transformations) by John Feffer on page 78, and Back Matter
- Planning the Unthinkable: How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Weapons (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs) by Peter R. Lavoy in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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