Examination and assessment of the strategic posture of the United states. Master's thesis
In order to maximize the political, strategic, and tactical effectiveness of nuclear weapons, it is essential to have a well-thought-out, viable, flexible employment plan that may be put into use rapidly. This strategic posture would allow a more-consistent and clearly understood policy to be espoused by the U.S. political leadership on a long-term basis; a policy that would not be subject to the vagaries and political opportunism that characterizes the U.S. political process on an almost continual basis. The U.S. should adopt a long-range strategic doctrine similar in concept to that of the Soviet Union. The idea that war is not an inconceiveable event and should be pursued with the most-decisive aims and carefully structured missions and objectives is something that has been missing from U.S. strategic policy. The U.S. needs to consider what will happen after the first nuclear exchange.
- Research Organization:
- Defense Intelligence Coll., Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5969273
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-163423/7/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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