S. Gregory

Nuclear Command and Control in NATO

Nuclear Weapons Operations and the Strategy of Flexible Response

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

For more than forty years NATO premised its defence on credible nuclear deterrence. Underwriting this deterrence was NATO's strategy and the nuclear weapons and command and control systems intended to make the strategy an operational reality. This book examines NATO's attempts between 1952 and 1990 to achieve the political and military control of nuclear weapons operations in a multinational organisation. By using case-studies of US, British, French and NATO nuclear weapons operations and empirical evidence from Cold War crises it provides an analysis of NATO's experience and offers insights for the present day.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-64697-7
• 1996
• Seitenzahl: 251
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Dezember 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 393g
• ISBN-13: 9780333646977
• ISBN-10: 0333646975
• Artikelnr.: 42476222

Autorenporträt

SHAUN R. GREGORY

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures - Acknowledgements - List of Acronyms - Introduction -Political Control of Nuclear Weapons in NATO - Nuclear Command and Control in NATO - US Nuclear Command and Control in NATO - Command and Control of British Nuclear Forces - French Nuclear Command and Control - Political Decision-Making in Crisis and War - Conclusions - References - Bibliography - Index