Conventional Forces And The Nato Strategy Of Flexible Response
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Conventional Forces And The Nato Strategy Of Flexible Response
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Author : Roger L. L. Facer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1984
Conventional Forces And The Nato Strategy Of Flexible Response written by Roger L. L. Facer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Nuclear warfare categories.
Concern has grown in recent years about Europe's dependence on nuclear weapons for its security. The credibility of the current NATO strategy of flexible response is being questioned. It is widely felt that NATO should strengthen its conventional force capability in order to raise the nuclear threshold. New developments in technology appear to offer hope that a main obstacle to an effective conventional defense against conventional attack, its cost, can at last be overcome. This report gives a wide overview of the implications of these developments. Concentrating on central Europe, it examines the question whether the continued maintenance of an effective strategy of deterrence requires a change in the relationship between the conventional and nuclear elements of it. It considers the adoption of a no-first-use policy buttressed by conventional force improvements large enough to create a permanent conventional force balance in Europe. The report concludes that improving conventional forces to the point of equivalence with the Warsaw Pact would risk decoupling the defense of Europe against conventional attack from the United States' nuclear umbrella and would thus reduce deterrence as well as damage the cohesion of the Alliance.
Origins Of Flexible Response
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Author : J. Stromseth
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1988-06-18
Origins Of Flexible Response written by J. Stromseth and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-06-18 with Political Science categories.
Theater Nuclear Weapons And The Nato Strategy Of Flexible Response
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Author : J. Michael Legge
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Theater Nuclear Weapons And The Nato Strategy Of Flexible Response written by J. Michael Legge and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with History categories.
After more than a decade of comparatively little public interest in matters of nuclear strategy, the last few years have seen a resurgence of concern about the policy of nuclear deterrence that the North Atlantic Alliance has followed since the early 1950s. In Europe in particular, this concern has centered on the role of theater nuclear weapons in NATO strategy. This report briefly examines the way in which that strategy evolved from the foundation of the Alliance in 1949 to the formal adoption of the current "flexible response" strategy in 1967, with particular reference to the role of theater nuclear weapons. It then traces the development within the NATO Nuclear Planning Group of the more detailed doctrine concerning the role of theater nuclear weapons within the overall strategy, which led inter alia to the decision taken by NATO in 1979 to modernize the long-term component of the theater nuclear forces. The report examines the main arguments that have been advanced against the current flexible response strategy, and considers the merits of various alternative strategies. The report finally considers ways in which the Alliance's theater nuclear stockpile might be adapted to meet the political and strategic needs of the 1980s.
Nato S Changing Strategic Agenda
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Author : Colin McInnes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-01-26
Nato S Changing Strategic Agenda written by Colin McInnes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-26 with History categories.
This book, first published in 1990, is an incisive examination of NATO’s strategy for the defence of the central front – the concern that has lain at the heart of NATO since its formation. Politically, the central front marked the post-war division of Europe into two competing blocs; militarily, it has represented the area of greatest force concentration and greatest threat. As NATO’s strategic agenda changed with the end of the Cold War, the central front remained a critical concern. This book analyses the structure, strategy and doctrines of both East and West, and examines the relationship of NATO strategy to conventional force doctrines.
Nuclear Command And Control In Nato
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Author : S. Gregory
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1995-12-18
Nuclear Command And Control In Nato written by S. Gregory and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-12-18 with Political Science categories.
For more than forty years NATO premised its defence on credible nuclear deterrence. Underwriting this deterrence was NATO's strategy and the nuclear weapons and command and control systems intended to make the strategy an operational reality. This book examines NATO's attempts between 1952 and 1990 to achieve the political and military control of nuclear weapons operations in a multinational organisation. By using case-studies of US, British, French and NATO nuclear weapons operations and empirical evidence from Cold War crises it provides an analysis of NATO's experience and offers insights for the present day.
The Nature And Practice Of Flexible Response
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Author : Ivo H. Daalder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
The Nature And Practice Of Flexible Response written by Ivo H. Daalder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Political Science categories.
Never Ready
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Author : Kenton White
language : en
Publisher: Europe@war
Release Date : 2021-11-15
Never Ready written by Kenton White and has been published by Europe@war this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-15 with History categories.
Was Britain's implementation of NATO strategy credible? After the adoption of Flexible Response in 1967 NATO relied on conventional forces to defend the West. Britain had a central role in NATO's plans, but was British defense planning adequate for the task? How did the Government plan for the use of the conventional Armed Forces for the range of operations it was committed to? How were the Armed Forces to be mobilized, and what was the detail of the planning for mobilization? In 1967 MC14/3 was adopted as the overall strategic concept by NATO. It relied on an escalatory deterrence, from conventional through tactical nuclear strikes to strategic nuclear attack. This is commonly known as Flexible Response and replaced NATO's trip-wire response. The declared principal of the strategic concept was to reduce the chance of mistakenly starting a nuclear war, meeting force with like force, and raising the nuclear threshold in the event of actual war. By using newly available documents from British and other archives, this volume will show that far from being a flexible strategy, in the event of a war it was doomed to failure. The concept was compromised by the failure of the Alliance members to provide one of the main legs of the conventional deterrent - sustainability. This book analyses the paradox between the public face of defense policy and the practice. The book assesses whether the planning would have worked, and what would have happened in Europe if war had broken out. To answer this question the research looks at the conflicts in the Falklands and the Gulf to assess the feasibility of the plans in place. Elements upon which British defense depended were still being built more than twenty years after the new strategy was adopted. Defense policy in Britain was concerned less with the threats the country faced than with just how little could be spent on defense.
Nato Strategy And Nuclear Escalation
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Author : Stephen J. Cimbala
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 1989
Nato Strategy And Nuclear Escalation written by Stephen J. Cimbala and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Escalation (Military science) categories.
In this analysis of key doctrines, plans and policies at the centre of the controversy about Western deterrence and defence, the author points to "doctrinal deficiencies", and examines NATO ideas on escalation and policy in terms of both logical consistency and implication for strategy.
Nato S Conventional Defences
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Author : Stephen J. Flanagan
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 1988-10-07
Nato S Conventional Defences written by Stephen J. Flanagan and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988-10-07 with Political Science categories.
A review of the full range of recent official and non-official schemes for improving NATO's conventional posture, from exploitation of emerging technologies to non-provocative defences, in the light of prevailing military, political, economic and demographic trends.
Extended Deterrence
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Author : Stephen J. Cimbala
language : en
Publisher: Free Press
Release Date : 1987
Extended Deterrence written by Stephen J. Cimbala and has been published by Free Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.