NUCLEAR MYTHS AND POLITICAL REALITIES
This article outline the theory of nuclear revolution (nuclear weapons bringing fundamental changes in the conduct of warfare)
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. What difference does it make if we have two thousand strategic weapons and the Soviet Union has four thousan
Again the author is arguing that in a nuclear context, the escalation/dominance game is useless. According to him, countries should stop obsessively comparing their nuclear arsenal as no equivalences are needed
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I apply nuclear reasoning to military policy and in doing so contrast the logic of conventional and nuclear weapons
The main reasoning behind this paper. The author strive to demonstrate the difference in strategy, logic and policy between conventional and nuclear weapons.
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We do not need ever-larger forces to dete
One of the central idea of this paper : The fact that nuclear weapons can help countries escaping the arm race. According to the author, military builds-up in nuclear capacities are useless to the extent that you only need a small amount of weapons to efficiently deter.
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