Nuclear Strategy and National Style. Volume 1. Main Report.

Abstract

This study represents the first detailed examination of strategic culture and national style with particular focus upon the distinctive and divergent nuclear strategic ideas and doctrines of the United States and the Soviet Union. The report reviews theories that have underpinned U.S. nuclear weapon policy and doctrine, and seeks to identify an American nuclear weapon policy which would be both compatible with American cultural values and political interests, and responsive to American security requirements. Volume II supplements this report with strategic style studies of the Soviet Union, France, Great Britain and China.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 31, 1981
Accession Number
ADA133216

Entities

People

  • Colin S. Gray

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Political Systems
  • Recreation
  • Sociopolitics
  • Strategic Weapons
  • Treaties
  • Warning Systems
  • Weapons Effects

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.