Military Strategy in Transition: Defense and Deterrence in the 1980s
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AirLand Battle
AirLand Battle Doctrine
Balanced Deterrent
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conventional deterrence theory
Conventional Retaliation
counter-retaliatory strategy
Deep Attack
Deep Battle
Distant Allies
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European security
European security strategy debates
Federal Republic Of Germany
flexible response doctrine
Horizontal Escalation
LNOs
military doctrine evaluation
NATO Context
NATO defense policy
NATO Europe
NATO Force
NATO Force Structure
NATO Military Strategy
NATO Nation
NATO Strategy
NATO Territory
NATO's Strategy
non-Soviet Warsaw Pact
nuclear escalation strategies
Strategic Nuclear
U.S strategic nuclear weapons
Warsaw Pact
Warsaw Pact analysis
Warsaw Pact Forces
West Germany
Product details
- ISBN 9780367016524
- Weight: 600g
- Dimensions: 127 x 199mm
- Publication Date: 07 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Current NATO military strategy is based on the policy of flexible response that U.S. and European politicians endorsed in 1967; for over 15 years, no fundamental changes in NATO's defense strategy have occurred. If NATO cannot stop a Warsaw Pact aggression conventionally, it continues to threaten a gradual and controlled nuclear escalation of both theater and strategic nuclear weapons. Many analysts now question the fundamental principles underlying NATO's policy and strategy, given the enormous changes that have occurred in the strategic environment between 1967 and 1984. The contributors to this book examine the recent proposal by Samuel Huntington, who advocates that NATO adopt a conventional counter-retaliatory strategy based on offensive military actions deep into Eastern Europe. In evaluating this new proposal, the authors analyze the potential impact that it would have on U.S. and NATO military doctrine, assess probable European and Soviet reactions to NATO adopting a conventional counter-retaliatory strategy, and address the linkages existing between conventional and nuclear strategy. In the final chapter, the editors consider the policy, strategy, and force structure questions raised in the book and recommend policy options for the United States.
