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Reassessing U.S. Nuclear Strategy Reassessing U.S. Nuclear Strategy David W. Kearn, Jr. Rapid Communications in Conflict and Security Series General Editor: Geoffrey R.H. Burn Copyright 2019 Cambria Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher. Requests for permission should be directed to: [email protected], or mailed to: Cambria Press University Corporate Centre, 100 Corporate Parkway, Suite 128 Amherst, New York 14226, U.S.A. Front cover image: Credit: Trident II (D-5) missile underwater launch, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trident_II_missile_image.jpg. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Kearn, David W., author. Title: Reassessing U.S. nuclear strategy / David W. Kearn, Jr. Description: Amherst, New York: Cambria Press, [2019] | Series: Rapid communications in conflict and security series | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: "This book reassesses the nuclear strategy of the United States. Despite the appearance of continuity in official policy statements, views within the Obama and Trump administrations and across the larger defense policy community have diverged on the appropriate role of nuclear weapons in U.S. national security, the optimal nuclear strategy for advancing U.S. interests, force structure requirements, and critical related issues. This is an important book for security and strategic studies and should be of interest to both scholars and practitioners in political science and international relations, especially in the field of nuclear weapons policy"-- Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2019031668 (print) | LCCN 2019031669 (ebook) | ISBN 9781604979640 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781621964940 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Nuclear weapons--Government policy--United States. | National security--United States. | Strategy. | United States--Military policy. Classification: LCC UA23 .K38457 2019 (print) | LCC UA23 (ebook) | DDC 355.02/170973--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019031668 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2019031669 For Emma, Owen, Ava, and Cecelia Table of Contents List of Tables................................................................. ix Acknowledgments........................................................... xi List of Acronyms........................................................... xiii Introduction.................................................................. xv Chapter 1: Assessing U.S. Nuclear Strategy............................... 1 Chapter 2: Assessing the Current Security Environment.............. 59 Chapter 3: Nuclear Primacy................................................ 91 Chapter 4: Robust Strategic Deterrent.................................. 127 Chapter 5: Minimum Deterrent.......................................... 153 Conclusions................................................................. 183 Index......................................................................... 205 About The Author......................................................... 213 Cambria Rapid Communications in Conflict and Security (RCCS) Series............................................................... 215
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