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NUCLEAR COMMAND AND CONTROL IN NATO This page intentionally left blank Nuclear Command and Control in NATO Nuclear Weapons Operations and the Strategy of Flexible Response Shaun R. Gregory Lecturer Department of Peace Studies University of Bradford First published in Great Britain 1996 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-39607-8 ISBN 978-0-230-37910-7 (eBook) DOl 10.1057/9780230379107 First published in the United States of America 1996 by ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC., Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for ------- -------------------- © Shaun R. Gregory 1996 Soficover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1996 978-0-333-64697-7 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written pemlission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written pennission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the tenns of any licence pemlitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London WI P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable 10 criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages_ 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 I 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 98 97 96 For Tracey Jayne Gregory This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Figures viii Acknowledgements ix List of Abbreviations x Introduction 1 1 Political Control of Nuclear Weapons in NATO 15 2 Nuclear Command and Control in NATO 51 3 US Nuclear Command and Control in NATO 80 4 Command and Control of British Nuclear Weapons 103 5 French Nuclear Command and Control 130 6 Political Decision-Making in Crisis and War 149 Conclusion 192 Notes and References 201 Bibliography 229 Index 246 vn List of Figures 2.1 NATO Civil and Military Command Structure 53 2.2 Allied Command Europe (ACE) Command Structure 55 2.3 NATO Central Region Area Corps Sectors 58 2.4 Allied Command Atlantic (ACLANT) Command Structure 59 2.5 Allied Command Channel (ACCHAN) Command Structure 61 vm Acknowledgements I am indebted to Malcolm Dando and Paul Rogers for their support and encouragement over many years. My thanks are also due to the following who in many diverse ways have helped me: William Arkin, Desmond Ball, Bruce Blair, Paul Bracken, William Burrows, Duncan Campbell, Malcolm Chalmers, Daniel Charles, Admiral Sir James Eberle, Lawrence Freedman, Owen Greene, William Hall, Paul Helm, Jolyon Howorth, Andrew Kelly, Stuart Kemp, Richard Ned Lebow, J. M. Legge, Milton Leitenberg, Malcolm Spaven, John Steinbruner, and Philip Weber. Responsibility for errors is, however, entirely my own. I would also like to thank NATO and the MITRE Corporation for providing me with documentation and arranging visits, and the Center for Defense Information, Institute of Policy Studies, New Statesman and Society and the RAND Corporation for letting me look through relevant files. Thanks are also due to the Charities Aid Foundation, the Rowntree Trust and the Sir Robert Menzies Fellowship for supporting parts of the research. SHAUN R. GREGORY IX
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