Title The nuclear turning point : a blueprint for deep cuts and de-alerting of nuclear weapons / Harold A. Feiveson, editor ; Bruce G. Blair ... [and others]

Published Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution, [1999] ©1999

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Description xiv, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Pt. 1. Staged Reductions and De-Alerting Nuclear Forces. 1. Nuclear Arms Control at a Crossroads. 2. A Strategy of Staged Reductions and De-Alerting of Nuclear Forces -- Pt. 2. Nuclear Strategy. 3. Limiting the Role of Nuclear Weapons. 4. Nuclear Strategy and Targeting Doctrine -- Pt. 3. The Deep Cuts and De-Alerting Program. 5. Ballistic Missile Defenses and Deep Reductions. 6. De-Alerting Strategic Nuclear Forces. 7. Nuclear Forces under Staged Reductions. 8. Tactical and Reserve Nuclear Warheads. 9. Transparency and Irreversibility in Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement. 10. Completing the Deep Cuts Regime. 11. Verifying Deep Reductions in Nuclear Forces. 12. The Next Nuclear Posture Review? -- Pt. 4. Why Not Abolition? 13. The Road to Abolition: How Far Can We Go? -- App. International Perspectives. A. Deep Cuts and De-alerting: A Russian Perspective / Alexei Arbatov. B. China's Nuclear Disarmament Policy / Li Bin C. New Stages of Nuclear Disarmament: A European View / Therese Delpech. D. A View from Germany / Harald Muller. E. A Nuclear Gordian Knot: South Asia and the Limits of Deep Cuts / Zia Mian and M. V. Ramana. F. Pakistan and the Deep Cuts Regime / Pervez Hoodbhoy. G. Back to Sanity: An Israeli View of the Effects of Deep Reductions / Shai Feldman Summary "Despite a steep drawdown in U.S. and Russian nuclear forces in the years after 1991, both the United States and Russia continue to maintain large arsenals of strategic nuclear weapons poised for immediate launch. Under the most optimistic projections, these arsenals will remain large and launch-ready for decades. This book critically evaluates this posture and its underlying rationale. It reviews U.S. nuclear strategy and assesses the risks of inadvertent and deliberate nuclear attack in today's world with special attention given to a deteriorating Russian command and control system."--BOOK JACKET Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Nuclear arms control. Nuclear weapons. Security, International. Nuclear disarmament. Nuclear weapons -- United States. Author Blair, Bruce G., 1947- Feiveson, Harold A. Brookings Institution. LC no. 98058149 ISBN 0815709544 cloth alkaline paper 0815709536 paper alkaline paper

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