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Maintaining effective deterrence
- Title
- Maintaining effective deterrence / Colin S. Gray.
- Author
- Gray, Colin S.
- Publication
- [Carlisle Barracks, PA] : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 2003.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | D 101.146: G 694 2003 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute.
- Description
- xi, 55 pages; 23 cm.
- Summary
- While deterrence is as old as human conflict itself, it became particularly important with the advent of nuclear weapons when armed conflict between the superpowers had the potential to end civilization. Today there is a sense that terrorism has rendered deterrence obsolete and forced the United States to substitute preemption for it. The author illustrates that strategic reality is not simple. He provides both a conceptual framework for understanding deterrence or, more accurately, the psychology of deterrence and policy guidance on how the United States can most effectively use it. The author concludes that an adaptable and flexible military with robust landpower is the only tool that can maintain deterrence.
- Series Statement
- Strategic Studies Institute special report
- Uniform Title
- Special report (Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute)
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "August 2003."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-55).
- Additional Formats (note)
- Electronic version also available on the SSI website.
- ISBN
- 1584871350
- 9781584871354
- LCCN
- 2003373301
- OCLC
- ocm52973002
- 52973002
- SCSB-1317824
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library