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Nuclear Transformation

The New Nuclear U.S. Doctrine

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. James J. Wirtz

    1. National Security Affairs Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA

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  2. Jeffrey A. Larsen

    1. Larsen Consulting Group, Colorado Springs, USA
      Science Applications International Corporation, Colorado Springs, USA
      University of Denver, USA

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Context

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • James J. Wirtz
      Pages 3-8

    3. The Bush Strategy in Historical Perspective

      • Marc Trachtenberg
      Pages 9-21

    4. Critiquing the NPR’s New Nuclear Missions

      • Steve Fetter, Charles L. Glaser
      Pages 23-38

  3. Implementing the NPR

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. The New Triad

      • Joseph F. Pilat
      Pages 41-52

    3. Conventional Force Integration in Global Strike

      • Dennis M. Gormley
      Pages 53-67

    4. Implementing Missile Defense

      • Kerry M. Kartchner
      Pages 69-83

    5. A Responsive New Triad Infrastructure

      • Steve Maaranen
      Pages 85-101

  4. Controlling the Strike Complex

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Command, Control, and the Nuclear Posture Review

      • Nathan Busch
      Pages 105-118

    3. Intelligence and the NPR

      • Charles Ball
      Pages 119-129

    4. The New Strategic Framework, the New Strategic Triad, and the Strategic Military Services

      • James M. Smith
      Pages 131-143

  6. International Reactions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. The NATO Allies

      • David S. Yost
      Pages 181-194

    3. Implementing the Nuclear Posture Review: The Impact on Russia

      • Alexander G. Saveliev
      Pages 195-203
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About this book

As part of its general rethinking of America's global strategy, the Bush Administration initiated a re-examination of America's nuclear doctrine that has generated considerable controversy with its focus on maintaining a reliance on nuclear weapons and potentially increasing willingness to use them. Here a group of leading strategic analysts examine the background to the re-evaluation, issues of implementation and potential implications internationally.

Reviews

'This compendium of expertise has no equal and will readily find its utility on student reading lists and the shelves of practitioners, commentators and critics'. - Glen M. Segell, Institute of Security Policy, UK

'This volume...highlights the path-breaking character of the NPR, without embracing it as a panacea or dismissing it as a dangerous folly. The result is a useful stimulus to renewed thinking about the requirements of nuclear security.' - Brad Roberts, Institute for Defense Analyses, USA

'This volume contains both sympathetic analyses and informed critiques of the Bush Administration's nuclear weapons policies. The authors pierce the fog of confusion that has surrounded nuclear doctrine and shed important new light on changes in U.S. strategic planning and its impact on other nations around the globe.' - Scott D. Sagan, Stanford University, USA

Editors and Affiliations

  • National Security Affairs Department, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA

    James J. Wirtz

  • Larsen Consulting Group, Colorado Springs, USA

    Jeffrey A. Larsen

  • Science Applications International Corporation, Colorado Springs, USA

    Jeffrey A. Larsen

  • University of Denver, USA

    Jeffrey A. Larsen

About the editors

JAMES J. WIRTZ is in the Department of National Security Affairs, Naval Postgraduate School, USA.

JEFFREY A. LARSEN works at the Larsen Consulting Group.

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