Nuclear War and Nuclear Strategy Unfinished Business

Subjects:

• Military Studies » Military Studies (General)
• Business » Business Strategy

Reviews:

• Cimbala's conclusions are judicious and merit careful consideration. This is a book well worth reading."
  
  --
  Alan Ned Sabrosky, Ph.D.
  
  
  Director of Studies
  
  
  Dept. of the Army
  
  
  U.S. Army War College
  "This is a very reflective and thoughtful analysis of the real issues on Soviet and American planning for the possibility of nuclear war, and for the maintenance of deterrence. Thoroughly up-to-the minute on the issues and concepts it discusses, it at the same time avoids falling for the misleading fads and trends of the moment. The book is very readable, but never at the price of over-simplifying the issues.
  —George H. Quester
  Professor and Chairman
  The University of Maryland

Table of Contents:

• Acronyms
• Introduction
• Part I: The Balance of Terror: Steady or Precarious?
• Assured or Delicate Deterrence?
• Cities and Deterrence
• Assured Coercion: Bridging Past and Future
• Part II: Strategic Revisionism: Thrusts against Orthodoxy
• Soviet Military Doctrine and Stable Deterrence
• The U.S. Strategic Defense Initiative: A Prospectus of Uncertainty
• Is a Soviet "Bolt from the Blue" Impossible?
• Part III: Strategic Command and Control: Missions and Limitation
• Protracted Conflict and Strategic C3: Missing Links
• Reciprocal Command Survivability and Superpower Strategy
• Part IV: Improving Extended Deterrence: Roles for Conventional and Nuclear Forces
• Theater Nuclear and Conventional Force Improvements
• The U.S. Maritime Strategy: Escalation and War Termination
• Part V: Pulling it All Together
• War Termination and U.S. Strategic Concepts: The Missing Endgame
• Conclusions and Reflections
• Selected Bibliography
• Index