Title On limited nuclear war in the 21st century / edited by Jeffrey A. Larsen and Kerry M. Kartchner

Published Stanford, California : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2014 ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (309 pages) Series Stanford security studies Stanford security studies Contents List of Figures, Tables, and Map; Foreword -- Thomas C. Schelling; Contributors; Preface -- Jeffrey A. Larsen and Kerry M. Kartchner; Part I: Assessing the History of L imited Nuclear War; 1. Limited War and the Advent of Nuclear Weapons -- Jeffrey A. Larsen; 2. The Origins of Limited Nuclear War Theory -- Andrew L. Ross; 3. The United States and Discriminate Nuclear Options in the Cold War -- Elbridge A. Colby; 4. Post-Cold War US Nuclear Strategy -- Paul I. Bernstein; Part II: Managing the Risk of Nuclear War in the 21st Century; 5. The Emerging Nuclear Landscape -- Paul I. Bernstein 6. Future Scenarios of Limited Nuclear Conflict -- Thomas G. Mahnken7. Escalation to Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century -- Kerry M. Kartchner and Michael S. Gerson; 8. The End of the Nuclear Taboo? -- George H. Quester; 9. Deterrence, Crisis Management, and Nuclear War Termination -- Schuyler Foerster; Part III: Confronting the Challenges of Nuclear War in the 21st Century; 10. On US Preparedness for Limited Nuclear War -- Bruce W. Bennett; 11. Limited Nuclear Conflict and the American Way of War -- James M. Smith; 12. Limited Nuclear War Reconsidered -- James J. Wirtz; Index Summary The last two decades have seen a slow but steady increase in nuclear armed states, and in the seemingly less constrained policy goals of some of the newer ""rogue"" states in the international system. The authors ofOn Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century argue that a time may come when one of these states makes the conscious decision that using a nuclear weapon against the United States, its allies, or forward deployed forces in the context of a crisis or a regional conventional conflict may be in its interests. They assert that we are unprepared for these types of limited</I Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Nuclear warfare. Limited war. Nuclear Warfare nuclear wars. HISTORY -- Military -- Other. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. Limited war Military policy Nuclear warfare SUBJECT United States -- Military policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140379 Subject United States Form Electronic book Author Larsen, Jeffrey Arthur, 1954- editor. Kartchner, Kerry M., 1956- editor. ISBN 9780804790918 0804790914

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