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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
nuclear strategy a policy for the use of nuclear weapons . The first atomic bombs were used in the context of the Allies' World War II policy of strategic bombing. Early in the cold war , U.S. policy was for massive retaliation with Strategic Air Command bombers in the event of war with the USSR. In 1949, after the Soviets exploded their first atomic device, the United States elaborated other policies, but these did not affect the ever-increasing numbers, types, and explosive force of nuclear arsenals throughout the world. During the cold war, the nuclear strategies of the United... Read more
Nuclear Strategy
The Oxford Companion to United States History Nuclear Strategy. Until 1945, Americans could assume ... or defense were even conceivable. Nuclear strategy became an academic discipline as well ... worked in strict secrecy. The last were nuclear strategy's most significant practitioners and ... Read more
Nuclear Strategy and Diplomacy
Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy Nuclear Strategy and Diplomacy Kenneth ... remotely approached the nuclear bomb in transforming strategy and diplomacy. In the nuclear age, for the first ... observed, "A strong strategy of annihilation could ... another's stockpiles of nuclear weapons. Time and again ... delivery ... Read more

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Future Roles of U.S. Nuclear Forces: Implications for U.S. Strategy
Air & Space Power Journal; 4/1/2006; Klumper, Willem M; 773 words ; ... States should indeed review its nuclear strategy, most of which still reflects ... move from the origins of US nuclear strategy to current roles for US nuclear ... nuclear weapons that might give US nuclear strategy exactly the flexibility it needs ... Read more
BOOK REVIEW: The Muddle of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Strategy
Arms Control Today; 10/1/2005; Mendelsohn, Jack; 787 words ; ... REVIEW: The Muddle of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Strategy Nuclear Transformation: The New ... say for certain what U.S. nuclear weapons strategy or employment policy might ... dilemmas of post-Cold War nuclear strategy. In varying degrees, all ... Read more
ANDREW K. SEMMEL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION ANDREW K. SEMMEL DELIVERS REMARKS TO THE NATIONAL STRATEGY FORUM ON NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
Washington Transcript Service; 11/14/2005; 787 words ; ... AT THE NATIONAL STRATEGY FORUM ON NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION ... Administration's approach to nuclear nonproliferation ... out our overall strategy for meeting the ... The prevention of nuclear proliferation is the piece of the strategy for which I am ... Read more
The 'new triad' of the Bush administration: Counterproliferation and escalation dominance in US nuclear strategy
International Journal; 7/1/2004; McDonough, David S; 787 words ; ... about significant changes in the nuclear strategy of the United States. Traditionally ... as an issue distinct from US nuclear strategy, the increasing incorporation ... the current administration's nuclear strategy. It is also, however, a concept ... Read more
Representative Weldon, Pentagon spar over proposed Nuclear Strategy Commission in DOD bill
Arms Control Today; 9/1/2003; Kucia, Christine; 787 words ; ... PA) to form a Commission on Nuclear Strategy, which would offer recommendations ... and technical expertise in nuclear strategy-in consultation with congressional ... the expansive assessment of nuclear strategy and policy that comprised the ... Read more
Change nuclear strategy
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 8/11/2004; FOSTER; 479 words ; Change nuclear strategy By FOSTER Wednesday, August ... Korea and Iran from going nuclear aren't working. That is ... sticks to its present strategy, North Korea and Iran will ... continue to do more to acquire nuclear weapons. If changing strategies ... Read more
The Politics and Strategy of Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East
Domes; 7/31/1995; Mohammed M. Aman; 787 words ; ... 07-31-1995 The Politics and Strategy of Nuclear Weapons in the Middle ... write The Politics and Strategy of Nuclear Weapons in the Middle ... than to they study of nuclear proliferation per se ... nature of politics and strategy. He also studies the ... Read more
RUSSIA TOUGHENS NUCLEAR STANCE IN NEW, BROAD SECURITY STRATEGY BUT ECONOMIC STALL SEEN AS BIGGEST THREAT TO REGAINING PROMINENCE.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 1/15/2000; 787 words ; ... issued a national security strategy yesterday that rails against ... contemplates the use of nuclear weapons in war ``if all ... revised language governing nuclear weapons is a subtle but ... stiffening of the previous strategy, issued in 1997, which allowed the use of nuclear arms only ``in case ... Read more
Congress Seeks New Direction for Nuclear Strategy
The Washington Post; 6/18/2007; Walter Pincus - Washington Post Staff Writer; 592 words ; ... comprehensive post-Sept. 11, 2001, nuclear strategy before it approves funding ... for development of a new nuclear weapons strategy before steps are taken to ... develop a "comprehensive nuclear defense strategy based on current and projected ... Read more
Fission and confusion; America and the bomb.(America's new nuclear strategy)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US); 3/16/2002; 787 words ; George Bush's nuclear strategy is mostly radical ... America's reliance on nuclear weapons for its defences ... confidential bits of his nuclear-posture review leaked ... reticence over the use of nuclear weapons, adding instead ... danger to itself. Nuclear weapons do play a ... irresponsible ... . Read more

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