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Klappentext This book studies the obstacles to conventional deterrence, deterrence Soviet style, Soviet incentives for conventional deterrence and arms control. Zusammenfassung This book studies the obstacles to conventional deterrence! deterrence Soviet style! Soviet incentives for conventional deterrence and arms control. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Obstacles to conventional deterrence: flexible response in Europe; convergence of flexible response and forward defence; the American efforts to structure flexible response; the requirements for conventional deterrence. Part 2 Deterrence Soviet style: offensive defence; Stalin's conventional defence - back to the future?; the legacy of Stalin; Khrushchev - strategic bluff or peripheral strategy? the Brezhnev period - the origins of flexible options; flexible response since Brezhnev; the shrinking Soviet nuclear umbrella - cover thyself; reasonable sufficiency - revolution or ruse? Part 3 Soviet incentives for conventional deterrence: strategic implications of the nationalities; implications for US strategy. Part 4 Arms control - can we make this trip with the Russians?: the charges of noncompliance; the evidence; the military significance of noncompliance issues. Part 5 A post-nuclear world - the unfinished agenda: arms control strategy and nuclear modernization - shaping deterrence stability; Soviet strategic modernization after START; shaping strategy and targeting policies for deterrence stability; strategic stability and conventional deterrence.
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Part 1 Obstacles to conventional deterrence: flexible response in Europe; convergence of flexible response and forward defence; the American efforts to structure flexible response; the requirements for conventional deterrence. Part 2 Deterrence Soviet style: offensive defence; Stalin's conventional defence - back to the future?; the legacy of Stalin; Khrushchev - strategic bluff or peripheral strategy? the Brezhnev period - the origins of flexible options; flexible response since Brezhnev; the shrinking Soviet nuclear umbrella - cover thyself; reasonable sufficiency - revolution or ruse? Part 3 Soviet incentives for conventional deterrence: strategic implications of the nationalities; implications for US strategy. Part 4 Arms control - can we make this trip with the Russians?: the charges of noncompliance; the evidence; the military significance of noncompliance issues. Part 5 A post-nuclear world - the unfinished agenda: arms control strategy and nuclear modernization - shaping deterrence stability; Soviet strategic modernization after START; shaping strategy and targeting policies for deterrence stability; strategic stability and conventional deterrence.
