Deterrence : from Cold War to long war : lessons from six decades of Rand deterrence research / / Austin Long.

This book examines six decades of RAND Corporation research on deterrence for lessons relevant to the current and future strategic environments.

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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (123 p.)
Notes:"National Defense Research Institute and Project Air force".
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505 0 |a Cover; Preface; Contents; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE- Thinking (and Rethinking) the Unthinkable: RAND and Deterrence; CHAPTER TWO- A Too-Distant Mirror? The Relevance of Prior Deterrence; CHAPTER THREE- Department of Defense as Ministry of Fear: The Theory of Deterrence; CHAPTER FOUR- Avoiding the Garrison State: Deterrence as a Strategy; CHAPTER FIVE- Deflecting the Sword of Damocles: Strategic Defense and Deterrence; The Least Miserable Options: Counterforce, Limited Nuclear Options, and Deterrence; Firebreaks on the Battlefield: RAND and Tactical Nuclear Weapons 
505 8 |a Modern Arms and Expensive Men: Conventional Deterrence After Vietnam The Magic Bullets: Conventional Counterforce; CHAPTER SIX- The Other Side of the Hill: Understanding the Adversary and Deterrence; CHAPTER SEVEN- Deterrence Then and Now; The Long Shadow of the Garrison State: Deterrence in Future U.S. Strategy; Cold War Redux: Deterrence and the Peer Competitor; Under Western Eyes: Russian and Chinese Operational Codes; CHAPTER EIGHT- Conclusion; APPENDIX- Annotated Bibliography; References 
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