Strategy in the Nuclear Age: The Continuing Relevance of the Absolute Weapon in Future War

Abstract

The specter of nuclear war must be the dominant factor in formulating strategy in the 21st century. General nuclear war remains as unwinnable today as it was during the Cold War, and the conditions that made such a war possible, namely the existence of nuclear weapons in globally destructive quantities, remains extant. It follows then that, as during the Cold War, deterrence must be foremost in the mind of the statesman, and strategists. At present, it is not. This paper aims to reinvigorate an understanding of how nuclear weapons continue to influence strategy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 2019
Accession Number
AD1179196

Entities

People

  • Jeffrey W. Lloyd

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Cold War
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Fusion Weapons
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Security
  • Military Strategy
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Nuclear Bombs
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies