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A Strategy For Terminating A Nuclear War - Hardcover

Abt, Clark C

 
9780367008475: A Strategy For Terminating A Nuclear War
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0367008475 ISBN 13: 9780367008475
Publisher: Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

Avoiding a nuclear war, or ending one if avoidance fails, is an important but relatively unexplored aspect of nuclear doctrine. Dr. Abt examines the feasibility of antagonists' agreeing to exclude their open cities from nuclear targeting and to replace strategic bombardment with retaliatory invasion to create less of a hair[1]trigger deterrent. Critical net assessments by U.S. strategists and the effects of such a strategy on the Soviet Union and on U.S. allies are considered, along with problems implementation might pose. The author contends that both deterrence and the potential for limiting damage are strengthened by pre-war plans for a nuclear ceasefire and stalemate short of holocaust.

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About the Author

Dr. Clark C. Abt is founder and president of Abt Associates Inc., a private social and economic policy research firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367008475
ISBN 13 
9780367008475
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
268