Report on a Study of Non-military Defense, July 1, 1958
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Author | : Herman Kahn |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 692 |
Release | : 2017-07-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 135150178X |
On Thermonuclear War was controversial when originally published and remains so today. It is iconoclastic, crosses disciplinary boundaries, and finally it is calm and compellingly reasonable. The book was widely read on both sides of the Iron Curtain and the result was serious revision in both Western and Soviet strategy and doctrine. As a result, both sides were better able to avoid disaster during the Cold War. The strategic concepts still apply: defense, local animosities, and the usual balance-of-power issues are still very much with us. Kahn's stated purpose in writing this book was simply: "avoiding disaster and buying time, without specifying the use of this time." By the late 1950s, with both sides H-bomb-armed, reason and time were in short supply. Kahn, a military analyst at Rand since 1948, understood that a defense based only on thermonuclear arnaments was inconceivable, morally questionable, and not credible.The book was the first to make sense of nuclear weapons. Originally created from a series of lectures, it provides insight into how policymakers consider such issues. One may agree with Kahn or disagree with him on specific issues, but he clearly defined the terrain of the argument. He also looks at other weapons of mass destruction such as biological and chemical, and the history of their use. The Cold War is over, but the nuclear genie is out of the bottle, and the lessons and principles developed in On Thermonuclear War apply as much to today's China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea as they did to the Soviets.
Author | : Rand Corporation |
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Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Civil defense |
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Author | : James A. Walker |
Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
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"[Seize the high ground is a] narrative history of the Army's aerospace experience from the 1950s to the present. The focus is on ballistic missile defense, from the early NIKE-HERCULES missile program through the SAFEGUARD acquisition site allowed by the 1972 ABM Treaty to the more advanced 'Star Wars' concepts studies toward the end of the century. [What is] covered is not only the technological response to the threat but the organizational and tactical development of the commands and units responsible for the defense mission"--CMH website.
Author | : California. Legislature. Assembly |
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Total Pages | : 1284 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : California |
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Author | : United States. Congress |
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Total Pages | : 2628 |
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Author | : Thomas G. Mahnken |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 643 |
Release | : 2014-01-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1317805585 |
The second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field. This revised volume contains several new essays and updated introductions to each section. The volume comprises hard-to-find classics in the field as well as the latest scholarship. The aim is to provide students with a wide-ranging survey of the key issues in strategic studies, and to provide an introduction to the main ideas and themes in the field. The book contains six extensive sections, each of which is prefaced by a short introductory essay: The Uses of Strategic Theory Interpretation of the Classics Instruments of War, Intelligence and Deception Nuclear Strategy Irregular Warfare and Small Wars Future Warfare, Future Strategy Overall, this volume strikes a balance between theoretical works, which seek to discover generalisations about the nature of modern strategy, and case studies, which attempt to ground the study of strategy in the realities of modern war. This new edition will be essential reading for all students of strategic studies, security studies, military history and war studies, as well as for professional military college students.
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations |
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Total Pages | : 1544 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : United States |
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Author | : United States. Congress. House |
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Total Pages | : 1634 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Legislation |
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Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House."
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Appropriations |
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Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : United States |
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