Strategic Nuclear Targeting

Published by Cornell University Press 1988

Strategic Nuclear Targeting

Edited by: Desmond Ball and Jeffrey Richelson

In the series Cornell Studies in Security Affairs

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501733314

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About this book

Although there is much discussion about nations' general policies for nuclear war, most American know little about the actual war plans of the United States and its allies and adversaries. This collection of essays by thirteen academic and professional strategists seeks to close this gap by addressing the basic issues of nuclear targeting policy: the targets to be attacked, the timing of those attacks, and the intended impact of the targeting strategy.

Author / Editor information

Desmond Ball is Head of the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. Jeffrey Richelson is Assistant Professor in the School of Government and Public Administration at American University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
PART I. Introduction
1. Toward a Critique of Strategic Nuclear Targeting Desmond Ball Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	15
PART II. Targeting Policies and Plans
2. U.S. Nuclear War Planning, 1945-1960 David Alan Rosenberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. The Development of the SIOP, 1960-1983 Desmond Ball Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	57
4. Soviet Nuclear Targeting Strategy William T. Lee Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
5. British Nuclear Targeting Lawrence Freedman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
6. French Nuclear Targeting David S. Yost Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
PART III. Issues in Strategic Nuclear Targeting
7. The Dilemmas of Counterpower Targeting Jeffrey Richelson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
8. Targeting Problems for Central War Colin S. Gray Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
9. On Keeping Them Down; or, Why Do Recovery Models Recover So Fast? Michael Kennedy and Kevin N. Lewis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	194
10. Exemplary Industrial Targets for Controlled Conflict Frederic S. Nyland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
11. Population Targeting and U.S. Strategic Doctrine Jeffrey Richelson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	234
12. Targeting Nuclear Energy Bennett Ramberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	250
13. Ethnic Targeting: Some Bad Ideas David T. Cattell and George H. Quester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
14. War Termination and Nuclear Targeting Strategy George H. Quester Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	349
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 370
Keywords: Political Science & Political History; International Studies; Security Studies

eBook

Published: June 30, 2019
ISBN: 9781501733314