A01=Carl H. Amme
Author_Carl H. Amme
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Military History
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- ISBN 9780313260377
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 13 Jan 1988
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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The central problem discussed in this timely volume is the continuing question of how to incorporate nuclear weapons into NATO strategy in such a way that the military defense posture possesses sufficient credibility to deter the Soviet Union and reassure the allies. The evolution and differences in the strategic concepts of the major nations in the Alliance are analyzed by examining the character of the opposing military capabilities and some of the practical problems of fighting a local nuclear battle, a doctrine of nuclear constraints is proposed that would make the nature and purpose of employing tactical nuclear weapons more distinguishable, thus hopefully lessening miscalculation that might lead to escalation to general nuclear war. This is the first comprehensive conceptual analysis of a nuclear doctrine for actually fighting a land battle in Europe.
CARL H. AMME is a retired Naval Captain, a former senior operations analyst at SRI International, and a recent Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution.
