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050 4 _aU11
082 0 _a355.02/15
100 1 _aPosen, Barry R.
245 1 0 _aInadvertent Escalation :
_bConventional War and Nuclear Risks.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aIthaca :
_bCornell University Press,
_c1992.
264 4 _c©2014.
300 _a1 online resource (295 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCornell Studies in Security Affairs Series
505 0 _aINADVERTENT 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.
520 _aThis sobering book demonstrates how the interplay between conventional military operations and nuclear forces could inadvertently produce pressures for nuclear escalation.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aEscalation (Military science).
650 0 _aNuclear threshold (Strategy).
650 0 _aLimited war.
650 0 _aEurope -- Defenses.
650 0 _aUnited States -- Military policy.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aPosen, Barry R.
_tInadvertent Escalation
_dIthaca : Cornell University Press,c1992
_z9780801478857
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aCornell Studies in Security Affairs Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3138481
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