Post-Cold War Conflict Deterrence - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Engineering And Physical Sci; Commission On Physical Sciences Mathemat

Softcover

ISBN 10: 030905639X ISBN 13: 9780309056397

Verlag: NATL ACADEMY PR, 1997

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Deterrence as a strategic concept evolved during the Cold War. During that period, deterrence strategy was aimed mainly at preventing aggression against the United States and its close allies by the hostile Communist power centers--the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and its allies, Communist China and North Korea. In particular, the strategy was devised to prevent aggression involving nuclear attack by the USSR or China. Since the end of the Cold War, the risk of war among the major powers has subsided to the lowest point in modern history. Still, the changing nature of the threats to American and allied security interests has stimulated a considerable broadening of the deterrence concept.

Post-Cold War Conflict Deterrence examines the meaning of deterrence in this new environment and identifies key elements of a post-Cold War deterrence strategy and the critical issues in devising such a strategy. It further examines the significance of these findings for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Quantitative and qualitative measures to support judgments about the potential success or failure of deterrence are identified. Such measures will bear on the suitability of the naval forces to meet the deterrence objectives. The capabilities of U.S. naval forces that especially bear on the deterrence objectives also are examined. Finally, the book examines the utility of models, games, and simulations as decision aids in improving the naval forces' understanding of situations in which deterrence must be used and in improving the potential success of deterrence actions.

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Naval Studies Board, National Research Council

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• Verlag: NATL ACADEMY PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 030905639X
• ISBN 13: 9780309056397
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 244
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