THE VULNERABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES TO ENEMY ATTACK: ELEMENTS OF AN UNCLASSIFIED RESEARCH PROGRAM IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES,

Abstract

The paper is concerned chiefly with attacks from the air using nuclear weapons--A and H bombs. Two questions are discussed: (1) What methods are available for estimating the effects of attacks--in economic, political, and broad social terms. (2) What measures can be taken to reduce these effects, and at what costs.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 04, 1953
Accession Number
AD0604240

Entities

People

  • Carl Kaysen

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter IED
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Continents
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Social Sciences
  • United States
  • Vulnerability
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design