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The military balance in the Cold War : US perceptions and policy, 1976-85 / David M. Walsh.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Walsh, David, Ph. D.
- Series:
- Cold War history series (London, England) ; 18.
- Cold War history series ; 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--Defenses.
- United States.
- Defenses.
- United States. Armed Forces.
- Cold War.
- Balance of power.
- Soviet Union--Defenses.
- Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Armed Forces.
- Armed Forces.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 281 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Contents:
- Part I Strategic forces 13
- 1 The counterforce doctrine 15
- The development of "Limited Nuclear Options," 1974-77 15
- The Carter years-PRM 10 to PD 59, 1977-80 22
- Counterforce and Soviet strategy: The role of perception 31
- The Nixon-Ford years 31
- The Carter years 35
- 2 Protracted nuclear war 42
- Strategy 44
- Weapons 50
- The Soviet threat 54
- 3 Of shelters and Star Wars 63
- Civil defense 63
- Soviet civil defense-The view in the 1970s 66
- Soviet civil defense-The view in the 1980s 72
- US civil defense-Programs and plans 74
- The Strategic Defense Initiative, 1983-85 79
- The Soviet challenge 83
- Part II The balance in Europe 89
- 4 The nuclear balance 91
- The "neutron bomb" and alliance cohesion, 1977-78 92
- The LRTNF debate, 1979-83 97
- US perceptions and the Soviet threat 105
- 5 Conventional forces 109
- Prelude to the LTDP, 1974-77 111
- The three percent decision and the LTDP 114
- The balance in the Central Region 117
- Continued efforts, similar results, 1981-85 124
- Part III Power projection 129
- 6 The naval balance 131
- The shifting balance of power at sea 132
- The 1970s: Of missions and dollars 135
- The naval balance: Lists and capabilities 139
- The 600-ship navy and the balance of sea power in the 1980s 144
- 7 Forces for rapid deployment 153
- Carter and the RDF, 1977-81 155
- Reagan and the Central Command, 1981-85 164
- US and Soviet power projection capabilities compared 169
- Part IV Defense spending 173
- 8 The expenditure debate 175
- The balance of military spending in the mid-1970s 176
- Team B 180
- The Carter years 183
- The Reagan increases, 1981-85 188.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-266) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415426190
- 0415426197
- 9780203946312
- 0203946316
- OCLC:
- 80460716
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