The Evolution of U.S. Army Nuclear Doctrine, 19451980

ISBN-13: 9780367307424 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 252 str.

John P. Rose

Opis

This book focuses on the development of U.S. Army nuclear doctrine—policies, plans, procedures, tactics, and techniques—since World War II, its impact on Army forces, and its role in future wars.

Spis treści

Westview Replica Editions -- Preface -- Theme -- The Two Worlds of Military Policy -- Military Doctrine as a Theory of Combat -- Nuclear Weapons: Image Versus Reality -- The Atomic Battlefield of the 1950s and 1960s: From an Invitation to Think to Stagnation in Thinking -- Nuclear Doctrinal Developments via the Army’s Educational System -- Vision of the Modern Battlefield -- The Battlefield Threat: Soviet Concepts, Doctrine, and Strategy -- “How to Fight” Doctrine and the Threat -- Nuclear Battlefield Doctrine: Past and Present -- Concept for a Nuclear Warfighting Doctrine1 -- Myths and Military Realities -- Addendum: The Need for Offensive Ground Combat Operations

O autorze

John P. Rose received a Ph.D. in international relations from the University of Southern California and is currently on the faculty of the Department of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point.