US Military Strategy and the Cold War Endgame

by Cimbala; Stephen J.

• ISBN13: 9780714641171
• ISBN10: 0714641170
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1995-02-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The transition from the end of the Cold War to a new world order is both promising and perilous. Security concerns are now based more on the prevention or containment of regional and civil conflicts than on fears of nuclear or Eurasian global wars. The antagonists of the Cold War will be the collaborators of the next century in seeking to stabilise the conflicts inside and outside Europe and to prevent further proliferation of nuclear weapons. Deterrence characteristics of the pre-Cold War period will in the next century again become normative.

Table of Contents

The Cold War armed forces of the United States

atypical past and uncertain future; the paradox of escalation

a heterodox view of Cold War stability; defensive strategy and military choices

Russia and Europe after the Cold War

European security after the Cold War

nuclear proliferation and civil-military relations

managing old risks in new environments; deterrence stability with smaller forces

prospects and problems

conclusions

stability after the Cold War

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