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Inadvertent Escalation : Conventional War and Nuclear Risks.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cornell Studies in Security Affairs SeriesPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1992Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (295 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801468384
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Inadvertent EscalationDDC classification:
  • 355.02/15
LOC classification:
  • U11
Online resources:
Contents:
INADVERTENT ESCALATION -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: A Model of Inadvertent Escalation -- 2. Air War and Inadvertent Nuclear Escalation -- 3. The Balance of Ground Forces on the Central Front -- 4. Escalation and NATO's Northern Flank -- 5. "Offensive" and "Defensive" Sea Control: A Comparative Assessment -- 6. Conclusion -- APPENDIXES -- 1. The Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAO) Model -- 2. Central Region Close Air Support Aircraft and Attack Helicopters (1988) -- 3. The Attrition-FEBA Expansion Model: Symphony Version -- 4. A Barrier Defense Model -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: This sobering book demonstrates how the interplay between conventional military operations and nuclear forces could inadvertently produce pressures for nuclear escalation.
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INADVERTENT ESCALATION -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1. Introduction: A Model of Inadvertent Escalation -- 2. Air War and Inadvertent Nuclear Escalation -- 3. The Balance of Ground Forces on the Central Front -- 4. Escalation and NATO's Northern Flank -- 5. "Offensive" and "Defensive" Sea Control: A Comparative Assessment -- 6. Conclusion -- APPENDIXES -- 1. The Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAO) Model -- 2. Central Region Close Air Support Aircraft and Attack Helicopters (1988) -- 3. The Attrition-FEBA Expansion Model: Symphony Version -- 4. A Barrier Defense Model -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.

This sobering book demonstrates how the interplay between conventional military operations and nuclear forces could inadvertently produce pressures for nuclear escalation.

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