Nuclear Command and Control in NATO

S. Gregory

ISBN 10: 0333646975 / ISBN 13: 9780333646977

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, GB, 1995

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For more than 40 years, NATO premised its defence on credible nuclear deterrence. Underwriting this deterrence was NATO's strategy, and the nuclear weapons and command and control systems intended to make the strategy an operational reality. This work examines NATO's attempts between 1952 and 1990 to achieve the political and military control of nuclear weapons operations in a multinational organization. By using case-studies of US, British, French and NATO nuclear weapons operations, and empirical evidence from Cold War crises, it provides an analysis of NATO's experience and offers insights for the present day.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Nuclear Command and Control in NATO
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, GB
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0333646975
• ISBN 13: 9780333646977
• Binding: Hardback
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 12.7W x 1.6H x 20.32D centimeters 12.7 centimeters width by 1.6 centimeters height by 20.32 centimeters depth

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Synopsis

For more than forty years NATO premised its defence on credible nuclear deterrence. Underwriting this deterrence was NATO's strategy and the nuclear weapons and command and control systems intended to make the strategy an operational reality. This book examines NATO's attempts between 1952 and 1990 to achieve the political and military control of nuclear weapons operations in a multinational organisation. By using case-studies of US, British, French and NATO nuclear weapons operations and empirical evidence from Cold War crises it provides an analysis of NATO's experience and offers insights for the present day.

About the Author

SHAUN R. GREGORY