The Nuclear Dilemma in American Strategic Thought

ISBN-13: 9780367309954 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 138 str.

Robert E. Osgood

Opis

This text explores the evolution of postwar strategic thought in the United States, examining implications of the nuclear dilemma in a all aspects of the nuclear deterrence debate. His discussion of the issues is both a personal essay by a participant in the debate and a major contribution to the development of strategic thought in the future.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Military Strategy and Security in the Nuclear Era -- The Spectrum of Approaches to the Nuclear Dilemma -- Extended Deterrence -- The Decline of Arms Control -- The New Strategic Debate -- Toward a Concept of Just Deterrence

O autorze

Robert E. Osgood was, at the time of his death in 1986, Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy and co-director of the security studies program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).