Tactical Nuclear Weapons and NATO

Abstract

Only since World War II has the United States in- volved itself contrary to the advice of leaders begin- ning with George Washington in foreign alliances in peacetime. This book does not address this question in particular. However, it does consider one of the keystone strategies that serve as the basis for the cohesion of our longest peacetime alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The deployment of tactical nuclear weapons was a major decision not reached lightly by ourselves and our allies and con- tinues to be a point of concern to this day. As a preliminary to the chapters to follow, I want to address the issues surrounding the deployment and potential use of tactical nuclear weapons within NATO from a users perspective.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA560710

Entities

People

  • Douglas Stuart
  • Jeffrey D. Mccausland
  • Tom Nichols

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Geography
  • Globalization
  • Guided Bombs
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Recreation
  • Treaties
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security