Nuclear Command and Control in NATO: Nuclear Weapons Operations and the Strategy of Flexible Response

✍ Scribed by Shaun R. Gregory (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 1996
Tongue: English
Leaves: 266
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-14
Political Control of Nuclear Weapons in NATO....Pages 15-50
Nuclear Command and Control in NATO....Pages 51-79
US Nuclear Command and Control in NATO....Pages 80-102
Command and Control of British Nuclear Weapons....Pages 103-129
French Nuclear Command and Control....Pages 130-148
Political Decision-Making in Crisis and War....Pages 149-191
Conclusion....Pages 192-200
Back Matter....Pages 201-251

✦ Subjects

International Relations; Modern History; European History; History of the Americas; Military and Defence Studies

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