The Fallacies of Cold War Deterrence and a New Direction /

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In 1938, Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain hoped that a policy of appeasement would satisfy Adolf Hitler's territorial appetite and structured British policy accordingly. This plan was a failure, chiefly because Hitler was not a statesman who would ultimately conform to familiar norms. Chamber...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Payne, Keith B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ost-West-Konflikt
Atomstrategie
Abschreckung
Nuclear weapons.
Military policy.
Deterrence (Strategy)
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
Dissuasion (Strategie) > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre froide.
Dissuasion (Strategie)
Deterrence (Strategy) > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
Nuclear weapons > United States.
USA
United States.
United States > Military policy.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cold War deterrence theory and practice
  • Why the Cold War deterrence framework is inadequate
  • Cold War deterrence thought in the post-Cold War world
  • The dilemma of popular usage and a new direction
  • Testing the deterrence framework
  • The new deterrence framework, evidence, and misplaced confidence
  • Lessons of this case study.

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