The Nature and Practice of Flexible Response: Nato Strategy and Theater Nuclear Forces Since 1967 / Ivo H. Daalder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daalder, Ivo H., author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1991]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Examines the debate within the North Atlantic Alliance about the strategic concept of flexible response and its implications for the evolution of NATO's theater nuclear posture and employment doctrine from 1967 to 1991.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES

ABBREVIATIONS

PREFACE

Introduction. THE NATURE AND PRACTICE OF FLEXIBLE RESPONSE

1. THE NATURE OF FLEXIBLE RESPONSE

1. THE REQUIREMENTS OF EXTENDED DETERRENCE

2. FLEXIBLE RESPONSE-A FRAMEWORK FOR ANALYSIS

2. THE PRACTICE OF FLEXIBLE RESPONSE

3. THE DEBATE ABOUT NUCLEAR EMPLOYMENT 1967-1986

4. THE DEBATE ABOUT NUCLEAR FORCES: 1970-1977

5. THE DEBATE ABOUT NUCLEAR FORCES: 1977-1979

6. THE DEBATE ABOUT NUCLEAR FORCES: 1980-1989

7. NATO STRATEGY AND NUCLEAR FORCES IN THE 1990s

APPENDIX

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-88704-3

OCLC:

1027941815