Author: George Fielding EliotPublisher: Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
If Russia Strikes--
Author: George Fielding EliotPublisher: Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy
Author: Matthew KroenigPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190849185
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
For decades, the reigning scholarly wisdom about nuclear weapons policy has been that the United States only needs the ability to absorb an enemy nuclear attack and still be able to respond with a devastating counterattack. So long as the US, or any other nation, retains such an assured retaliation capability, no sane leader would intentionally launch a nuclear attack against it, and nuclear deterrence will hold. According to this theory, possessing more weapons than necessary for a second-strike capability is illogical. This argument is reasonable, but, when compared to the empirical record, it raises an important puzzle. Empirically, we see that the United States has always maintained a nuclear posture that is much more robust than a mere second-strike capability. In The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy, Matthew Kroenig challenges the conventional wisdom and explains why a robust nuclear posture, above and beyond a mere second-strike capability, contributes to a state's national security goals. In fact, when a state has a robust nuclear weapons force, such a capability reduces its expected costs in a war, provides it with bargaining leverage, and ultimately enhances nuclear deterrence. This book provides a novel theoretical explanation for why military nuclear advantages translate into geopolitical advantages. In so doing, it helps resolve one of the most-intractable puzzles in international security studies. Buoyed by an innovative thesis and a vast array of historical and quantitative evidence, The Logic of American Nuclear Strategy will force scholars to reconsider their basic assumptions about the logic of nuclear deterrence.
War Scare
Author: Peter PryPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313007578
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Why do some American intelligence officials maintain fallout shelters and private contingency plans to evacuate their families in the event of a Russian nuclear strike—even in today's post-Cold War era of U.S.-Russian partnership? The frightening answer lies within the pages of War Scare, a terrifying assessment of the prospect for nuclear holocaust in our day. Written by Peter Vincent Pry, a former CIA military analyst, War Scare provides a history of our country's little-known brushes with nuclear war and warns that, contrary to popular opinion and the assurances of our political leaders, the possibility of a Russian attack still exists. Nuclear deterrence has been the foundation of Western security for the last 50 years, but since the end of the Cold War, Russian military doctrine has become more destabilizing, and much more dangerous, than is commonly believed. By making use of a wealth of declassified and unclassified material, Dr. Pry illustrates how Russia's brutal past continues to shape the consciousness and decision making of its leaders, many of whom are unreconstructed ideologues from the old Soviet regime. Gripped by a perpetual perception of imminent threat—a war scare—the Russian General Staff, which controls the technical capability of launching a nuclear strike, has shown itself to be unstable at best. The author explores recent history and near-disasters such as the Bosnian crisis, the Norway missile incident, and U.S. air strikes on Iraq from the perspective of the Russian General Staff, believing that only by understanding their viewpoint can we minimize the risk of unintentionally provoking a deadly attack. Wary of NATO expansion and reeling from the Russian economy's descent into chaos, the General Staff may interpret Western military exercises and operations in the Middle East and elsewhere as concealing surprise aggression against Russia. This is a grave situation, indeed, as even after the START I, II, and III agreements, Russia will retain enough nuclear weapons to destroy the world—not to mention significantly expanded chemical and biological warfare capability. War Scare convincingly shows that we ignore these facts at our peril.
No Winning Moves
Author: Natalie G. MontoyaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Simulations of nuclear attacks are a valuable assessment tool to analyze the capabilities of arsenals in order to inform policies and negotiations. Targeting strategies were developed for Russian first strike, Russian second strike with strategic warning, and Russian second strike without strategic warning scenarios utilizing the full Russian arsenal for the first strike and only the arsenal expected to survive a U.S. first strike with and without warning for the second strikes. The countervalue targets consisted of oil refineries and pipelines, shipping ports, and high voltage (HV) transformers in order to eliminate the U.S. supply of petroleum products and blackout the electrical grid. Beyond infrastructure damage, the blast fatalities and injuries were calculated using NUKEMAP, and the number of U.S. missile silos expected to survive an attack was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation. The Russian first strike resulted in 49.73 million casualties and all oil refineries and major shipping ports and 2,809 HV transformers destroyed with 132--225 surviving U.S. silos and 520 unused warheads. The Russian second strike with strategic warning resulted in 69.86 million casualties; all oil refineries, all major shipping ports, and 2,244 HV transformers destroyed with 783 or more unused warheads. The second strike without strategic warning resulted in 7.76 million casualties and 71 oil refineries, 27 major shipping ports, and 618 HV transformers destroyed. This study showed that deep arsenal reductions are possible while maintaining deterrence, the role of the U.S. ICBMs should be evaluated, and grid security and oil dependence should be addressed.
Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy
Author: Todd S. SechserPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 110710694X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
Are nuclear weapons useful for coercive diplomacy? This book argues that they are useful for deterrence but not for offensive purposes.
Is Russia Destined to Nuke the USA?
Author: S. WoodwardPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781516931859
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Europe and the U.S. have imposed economic sanctions on Russia in response to the invasion of Russian military forces into eastern Ukraine and Crimea. The Ukraine is immersed in a civil war between pro- and anti-Russian factions. Heading into its second year, the U.S. and Russia are entangled in a dangerous war of words escalating to include deployment of further American military forces in Eastern Europe. What's more concerning: Russia has dedicated 2,000 tactical "nukes" to this arena and announced the deployment of 40 new strategic ballistic missiles capable of striking America's homeland. As its conventional military hardware grows incapacitated from physical decay and technological obsolescence, nuclear armaments become the mainstay of strategic Russian defense. Being Russia's only strategic alternative, their use becomes much more plausible. Plus, with the decline of the Russian Ruble and plunging oil prices during 2015, Russia finds itself in economic turmoil. Adding to this tense situation, Russian leaders grow increasingly paranoid believing that the C.I.A. foments 'color revolutions' throughout North Africa, the Middle East, and Eurasia. In short, Russia sees itself under attack from the U.S. on all fronts-and running out of time. Will this appre-hension trigger nuclear war in Europe? Will it cause Russia to launch nuclear missiles targeting the United States ? Could this happen within just a few short years? Or sooner? Bible prophecy scholars have argued for two centuries that Russia is the character known as "Gog from the land of Magog." Gog comprises a momentous adversary to Israel in the last days when the Jews have been gathered together once more in their ancient homeland. In this concise but crucial study, author S. Douglas Woodward not only demonstrates the proximity of war between Russia and the U.S., he offers a compelling argument that America is the fulfillment of the prophecies of Jeremiah, Isaiah, and Zechariah. America comprises the "the daughter of Babylon." As such, it stands destined to be at-tacked from a powerful confederation of nations from the "northern quarters." Does this mean that Russia will "nuke" the U.S.? Will this attack occur when Gog's armies advance against Jerusalem?
Red Star Rogue
Author: Kenneth SewellPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416527338
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
"The Hunt for Red October" meets "Blind Man's Bluff" in this chilling, true story of a rogue Soviet submarine that sank while trying to provoke a war between the U.S. and China.
Fighting the Russians in Winter: Three Case Studies
Author: A. F. ChewPublisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 1428915982
Category : Soviet Union
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
A Strategy for Deterring Russian Nuclear De-Escalation Strikes
Author: Matthew KroenigPublisher:
ISBN: 9781619775398
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Strikes and Revolution in Russia, 1917
Author: Diane P. KoenkerPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400860393
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 423
Book Description
More than seventy years since the Bolsheviks came to power, there is still no comprehensive study of workers' activism in history's first successful workers' revolution. Strikes and Revolution in Russia, 1917 is the first effort in any language to explore this issue in both quantitative and qualitative terms and to relate strikes to the broader processes of Russia's revolutionary transformation. Diane Koenker and William Rosenberg not only provide a new basis for understanding essential elements of Russia's social and political history in this critical period but also make a strong contribution to the literature on European labor movements. Using statistical techniques, but without letting methodology dominate their discussion, the authors examine such major problems as the mobilization of labor and management, factory relations, perceptions, the formation of social identities, and the relationship between labor protest and politics in 1917. They challenge common assumptions by showing that much strike activity in 1917 can be understood as routine, but they are also able to demonstrate how the character of strikes began to change and why. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.