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Future Roles of U.S. Nuclear Forces : Implications for U.S. Strategy
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Buchan, Glenn.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear weapons.
- Nuclear weapons--United States.
- Strategic forces.
- Strategic forces--United States.
- United States--Military policy.
- United States.
- Local Subjects:
- Nuclear weapons.
- Nuclear weapons--United States.
- Strategic forces.
- Strategic forces--United States.
- United States--Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (152 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica : RAND Corporation, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has been re-examining its basic assumptions about foreign policy and instruments of national security polcy. This study examines the possible roles of nuclear weapons in contemporary US national security policy.
- Contents:
- Preliminaries; PREFACE; CONTENTS; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND U.S. SECURITY; 3. CONTEMPORARY ROLES FOR U.S. NUCLEAR WEAPONS; 4. STRESSING CASES; 5. IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE U.S. NUCLEAR STRATEGY; 6. CONCLUSIONS; References
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781598751307
- 1598751301
- OCLC:
- 475935328
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